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In December 1944 the Allies, while sure to win the War in Europe against Germany, were in trouble. The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest, the longest engagement ever fought by the U.S. Army, was still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Grant us fair weather for Battle’: Afton event to honor Rev. George Metcalf, who helped craft Patton’s ‘fair-weather’ prayer It's ...

In keeping with its holiday tradition of offering original Christmas cards featuring the famous World War II Patton Prayer, the 6 th Cavalry Museum will change it up in 2016 and offer a Christmas ...

The war was supposed to be over. After a surprise landing in Normandy and a heady rush across France, there was widespread talk that the troops would be home by Christmas. From cockpits in the skies ...

In December 1944, Gen. George Patton asked his chaplain for a prayer to improve the weather that was hindering his fight against the Germans. Here is that famous prayer.

Patton and Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard near Brolo, Sicily’s north coast. (National Archives) “I didn’t get frightened until three weeks after it had begun, when I began to read the American papers and found ...