ronald reg reagan. >> it's not easy to believe that george s. patton, jr., was once just georgy. a missouri, this lad believed he'd be general george s. patton, jr. his imagination was stirred by stories of great heroes of the past. told by his father. his military career began at vmi. at west point he proved himself a model cadet, although like washington and napoleon, he could not spell. rarely from this time on would georgy flash this attractive smile. it didn't go with his very serious ideas of soldiering. he established a first football team for soldiers. to keep them from wasting their off hours in drinking and gambling. world war i, convinced that this pond rouse vehicle would come into its own, he studied it. rode into battle on it. became a hero alongside. our first tank commander, he would always be linked with the weapon that symbolized his driving, overwhelming personality. after the war, the tank school at ft. meade. two officers shared a deep military interest. ike eisenhower and georgie. the fierce expression, his get-up at masquerades reflected his deep instinct to

where's george patton buried? now it's right there. you can see him. okay? now, one i'm going to tell you about the red cross. now, the red cross, they tried. they were over there. and sometimes you'd get what you wanted. you'd give them a donation or they'd charge you ten franc notes. we were moving all the organizations, getting ready for the bastone and battle of the bulge. we went over. he said here's a good place over there. it was a red cross truck there. with a bunch of soldiers. they didn't call them doughnuts. they called them crullors. he said where you going, george? this is the first day. he's going to berlin. okay. he said, do you want to have a cup of copy? i said yes, sir. i drove up to the truck. and she gave me two curllers and a cup of coffee. he said ten francs. the government made our money over there, american money, wartime money. so i gave her ten francs and came back. he said, did you pay her for that? i said yes, ten franc note. he said stay here. so i sat there. he went over there. he said, i'd like to have crullers and a cup of cop

every time people see him, they say, where is george patton buried. now it is there, you can see it. okay, now, one i'm going to tell you about the red cross. now the red cross, they tried. they were over there and sometimes, if you get what you want or something, you have donation or they charge ten frank notes or something like this. so one day we were looking for an area to move all of the organizations up north to get ready for the bastone. here is a good place over there. there was a red cross truck there. with a bunch of soldiers. didn't call them doughnuts, they called them crawlers. two little crawlers and cup of coffee for ten franks or something like that. so they all wave and say, where you going george? going to berlin to get that paper hanger. okay. so you want to have a cup of coffee? yes, sir. so i drove up to the truck and she gave me two crullers and a cup of coffee. she said ten frank -- francs. so we have american money, war time money, so i gave her ten francs and i came back. he said, did you pay for that? i said yeah ten franc no

after that we hear from francis sanza, served as general george patton and general eisenhower's? driver during world war ii. this is about an hour.? sflu good morning ladies and gentlemen. those here yesterday, i hope you enjoyed the proceedings. we had a full program of interesting panelists and speakers. and should get even better today, i think. so thank you for getting up with us this early morning hour on saturday to be with us for a full day of adventure as we listen to some great stories from some great heroes from a number of conflict this is country's been in in the past 70 years. lots of students, different groups all three days and we're expecting yet more to come in today. i'm also proud to say that for the first time we have representatives of all five of the service actiondademy with u u.s. naval academy in annapolis, air force academy and the coast guard and measure chant marine academies, which are new this year. we want to build this representation up every year. we're all about the youngest generation and imparting the lessons of war and conflict and even peace

george patton, colin powell, stanley mcchrystal and david petraeus is the biggest names of the post-ars. now there are new celebrity generals. is that on accident or do you think it's on purpose? >> i wonder if president obama did this by design or if it sort of happened this way in his quest to regain control of the pentagon. petraeus has been defrauded. he's at cia. general mcchrystal -- who is running the war in afghanistan now? you probably know. but some guy named john allen. none of the other generals -- there's no big-time general that can threaten the president's command. >> are you troubled -- not ambivalence but the way that generals do pr. describe the problems with civil affairs as a struggle in the military. and also the sort of weirdness about generals picking up civilian pr pros to essentially as famous people. do you have mixed feelings about that? was i reading that right? >> i think we're using taxpayer dollars to give generals their sort of personal pr team. and what are they doing with the media influence? they are using it to push their own agenda and policy. dav

even the abrasive and often intolerant george s. patton awarded the silver star medal to a black soldier for his heroism in with reading a french village in 1944. the tuskegee airmen formed in part by the persistent lobbying fact have the great we would say black feminist to date mary mcleod bethune for one of the best friends of eleanor roosevelt. a critically important as the pilots they disapproved racist assertions that blacks were not smart enough to fly an airplane to master aviation. 962 men trained in tuskegee alabama and 450 flew in combat in europe. they served in north africa and italy and the air men armed an enviable record of perilous of in the three injured 32nd earned a distinguished unit citation for, "outstanding performance and extraordinary heroism. they testified to their patriotism and to their enviable record and that formed the basis for president harry truman to desegregate the military offical the in 1948 and without the service of the tuskegee airmen who general colin powell would not have been possible and witho

given the abrasive abrasive and often intolerant george s. patton awarded a silver star matter to a black soldier for his hair was then deliberating a french village in 1944. the tuskegee airmen formed in part by the persistent lobbying of the great we would say feminist today, mary mcleod so would, one of the best friends of roosevelt. success is past disproved racist assertions that blacks were not smart enough to fly in an airplane, to master aviation. 962 men trained in tuskegee, alabama and 450, to master aviation. 962 men trained in tuskegee, alabama and 450, to master aviation. 962 men trained in tuskegee, alabama and 450. they served enough credit and italy and airmen earned an enviable record and the 332nd earned the distinguished citation for outstanding performance and extraordinary heroism. the deaths of 66 testify to patriotism and to their enviable record. that form a basis for harry s. truman to desegregate the military officially in 1948. without the service of the tuskegee airmen, general colin powell would not have been possible. a

. >> and it was as if, i kept remembering the scene in patton where george scott is watching his troopsple, it's like they looked at everything that happened and said here's what we're going to do. >> they prepared. they prepared him. >> what was your take? >> he kind of checked every box except he's not a real conservative box. and that passage alone i think makes him a lot of -- real dedicated conservatives still unreconciled, probably, to the idea of mitt romney as a standard of their cause. >> we already talked about it earlier this morning, though. romney's people may finally be getting it, that you don't sell a guy for what he is not. of course, four years ago they tried to paint him as a right-wing social conservative. that was a flop. last night i felt was one of mitt's better moments and they came straight from the campaign. when they bring up reagan, concede the point. >> right. >> sometimes it's great. concede the point. just let it go past you and say let's move on. hey, he's closer to reagan than me. >> yeah. yeah. no -- let mitt be mitt and maybe we'll find out who mitt re