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Patton’s Hardware

General George Smith Patton, Jr. (11 November 1885 21 December 1945), is a legend in US military history. In his 60-years of life, he spent the majority of it wearing one uniform or another and died on active service. Forever the warrior, he is fittingly buried in a military cemetery in Europe, not far from where he died.

As a soldier, he carried many guns, but one of these is almost as famous as he was.

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His Colt .45.

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