United States Army Central
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The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT, is a military formation of the United States Army that saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the coalition occupation of Iraq. It is best known for its campaigns in World War II under the command of General George S. Patton.
United States Army Central
American flag over Festung Ehrenbreitstein after the occupation of Koblenz by the Third Army, 1945
Combat Service Identification Badge, United States Army Central
The castle above the Moselle in Cochem, Germany, was home to the IV Corps, Third Army, in 1919.
George S. Patton
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George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Patton in 1944
Anne Wilson "Nita" Patton, Patton's sister. She was engaged to John J. Pershing in 1917–18.
Patton at the Virginia Military Institute
Patton (right) fencing in the modern pentathlon of the 1912 Summer Olympics