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*Patton's son, George S. Patton IV, also an Army officer, served near the conclusion of World War II. He also served in Korea and Vietnam, and attained the rank of major general. Toward the end of his career, he was given command of the 2nd Armored Division, the same unit his father had commanded at the beginning of [[World War II]], making father and son the first Army officers to command the same Army division. Patton retired from active service in 1980.  

*Patton's son, George S. Patton IV, also an Army officer, served near the conclusion of World War II. He also served in Korea and Vietnam, and attained the rank of major general. Toward the end of his career, he was given command of the 2nd Armored Division, the same unit his father had commanded at the beginning of [[World War II]], making father and son the first Army officers to command the same Army division. Patton retired from active service in 1980.  

* The younger cousin of Patton was Cong. [[Larry McDonald]]. Lawrence Patton McDonald, a conservative Democrat from the state of Georgia, was aboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]], a Boeing 747 carrying 269 people, when it was shot down by the Soviets just west of Sakhalin Island on September 1, 1983. McDonald was considering a run for the Presidency, was the second chairman of the [[John Birch Society]], and was considered one of the most outspoken opponents of both Communism and what he considered to be a conspiracy among governmental and business leaders to further Socialism in the U.S.

Patton believed in reincarnation and that he himself had been the hero in many important battles in the ancient world of [[Rome]] and [[Greece]].