Mini-bio’s of Participants

Updated  Sep 08, 2017

Mini Bios & Fates of Participants:

• Col Robert S. Allen
  • Patton Staff Officer
  • Born 1900 KY
  • Died 1981 Washington DC
  • gunshot suicide cancer
  • said hunting decision was made previous night
  • Columnist
  • Soviet agent (Per Skubik)
• Fred Ayer Jr;
  • FBI agent & nephew to Beatrice Patton
  • Born 1917 MA
  • Died 1974
  • Beatrice Banning Ayers Patton’s nephew
  • FBI in Europe during WWII
  • Lawyer
  • Writer
• A.D.C. Atchison
  • Alternate car pool driver
  • claims he substituted for Woodring as driver at accident
  • False disinfo witness
  • claimed to have substituted for Woodring that day
  • Does not fit with many other reports
  • Gary IN newspaper report in 50’s per Farago
  • Likely disinformation by gov’t to distract suspicions
• Trudy Bakst
  • American Red Cross Roadside Hostess
  • Telephoned for help for Patton at accident
  • From Glens Falls, NY
• Peter Balabas Babalas
  • MP at Patton accident scene
  • Born Boston, MA
  • Died 1987
  • Cancer
  • MP at accident (not in records as MP)
  • Lawyer
  • VA state Assembly Rep censured for corruption
  • Mafia per Undercover agent family friend
  • 818 MP Mannheim
  • 423 infantry anti tank
• Col Lawrence C Ball MD
  • Commander Heidelberg hospital
  • From Harlan, KY
  • Attending doctor treating Patton
• Douglas Bazata
  • OSS Decorated agent hired to kill Patton
  • Born 1911
  • Died 1999
  • OSS contract hitman & agent
  • 1979 announced his hit on Patton to 450 intelligence agents at WDC gathering
  • Target Patton by Wilcox describes Bazata’s setup of Patton’s car accident
  • Impressive Obit written before Book & Public knowledge of complicity in Patton’s death
  • http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/22/world/douglas-dewitt-bazata-artist-and-oss-officer-dies-at-88.html
• General Omar Bradley
  • WWII invasion Cdr over Patton
  • Born 1893 MO
  • Died 1981 NY
  • Head of Veterans Admin
  • Army Chief of Staff
  • Chairman Joint chiefs
  • General of Army
• Maj General Donald Weldon Brann
  • Born Sept 26, 1895 Indiana
  • Died Dec 29, 1945 Bavaria
  • Died by falling off cliff while hunting in Bavaria
  • with Gen Withers A Burgess
  • & 2 guides (who probably helped him over the edge.)
  • Just 10 days after Patton died
  • was listed with 15 Army but also as Gen Mark Clark’s deputy commander over all troops in Austria
  • Perhaps he knew something
• Maj Gen H R Bull
  • Chief of Staff Army
  • Announced  Patton’s condition
  • Enacted a news blackout following accident
• Brig Hugh Cairns MD
  • British Neurosurgeon
  • temp doctor sent to attend Patton in hospital
• Lt Gen Mark W Clark
  • Born May 1, 1896
  • Died Apr 17 1984
  • close friend of Eisenhower who promoted too young with no experience
  • Patton thought Clark was a skunk & didn’t earn his rank.
  • Commander of all forces in Austria
  • His second in command was Maj Gen Donald Brann who was killed falling (pushed) from a cliff while Hunting; 8 days after Patton died
  • Clark’s incompetence at battle campaigns cost needless lives & allowed German Division to proceed unchallenged
  • Was subject of Congressional inquiry for incompetence & colossal Blunder of inexperienced officer sacrificing & wasting young soldiers  uselessly
• Gen Nicholas B Cobb
  • Brigadier General Patton accident
  • Drove Gen Gay to Hospital in Heidelberg
• Charles Codman
  • Colonel Army Aide to Patton 1943 to 1945
  • Born 1893 Boston, MA
  • Died 1956 Boston, MA
  • Heart attack
  • Aide to Patton
  • Fluent in French
  • Son Charles Codman Jr in military died of Polio in Paris Aug 16, 1946 age 24
  • Wine expert, real estate & author
  • I believe he may have been a spy for Eisenhower.
  • When following behind Patton in an identical plane as an allied plane tried to shoot Patton down while 4 other allied planes circled overhead, no shots were fired at Codman’s identical plane. The attacker clearly knew which plane Patton was in.
• William Colby
  • OSS agent, CIA director, friend of Bazata
  • Born Jan 20, 1920 MN
  • Died Apr 27, 1996 MD
  • Assassinated by CIA fearing he planned to reveal more uncomfortable secrets
  • Assassinated by Drowning alone in canoe
  • His son sold him out to CIA & covered up his death.
  • CIA director 1973-1976
  • fired by Pres Ford for revealing CIA dirty laundry to Congress & Public
  • Former OSS Agent in WWII partnered with Bazata
  • Friend of Bazata
  • Present when Bazata announced he killed Patton to reporter at OSS reunion
  • Possible accomplice to Bazata on Patton assassination
• Capt William R Conklin
  • 7th Army PRO
  • Public Relations Officer 7th Army
  • Report about Patton accident Dec 10, 45
• Major Curran
  • Patton accident
  • At Patton accident scene
• Sgt Armando DeCrescenzo
  • Patton accident bystander
  • at accident scene in Mannheim.
  • Rushed to provide assistance
• Cpl Salvatore Di Bernardo (Dibernardo)
  • Primary Blood transfusion donor for Patton
  • From Port Chester, NY
  • Dental Technician at Heidelberg hospital
  • 7th Army
  • 42016814
  • “A” negative blood type
• Jack Dimesa
  • Blood transfusion donor for Patton
  • “A” negative blood type
  • 7th Army
  • 42044835
  • Secondary donor
• William Donovan
  • OSS Director hired Bazata to kill Patton
  • Born 1883
  • Died Feb 8, 1959 Walter Reed WDC
  • Vascular dementia
  • series of strokes in 1957 requiring full time nursing
  • “Wild Bill” Donovan
  • Director OSS (CIA)
  • OSS HQ in Turkey
  • Joint ops with Russian NKVD (KGB)
  • Arranged Bazata hit on Patton (from Eisenhower)
  • Reported directly to Gen Marshall, then Eisenhower
  • OSS under joint chiefs
  • Truman Disbanded OSS in Sept 1945; firing Donovan
  • Prosecutor Nazi War Tribunal for 4 days until argument with prosecutor Jackson
  • Resigned from Trials and returned to Frankfurt Nov 29, 45
  • Left Germany about Dec 10th 45
  • Arrived in NY on Dec 17, 1945
  • Discharged from Army Jan 1946
  • Ambassador Thailand 53-54 (under Ike)
• Capt William R Duane Jr MD
  • Neurosurgeon at 97th General Hospital
  • Dr at Frankfurt hospital
  • Transferred to treat Patton
  • Assistant to Spurling
  • From Philadelphia, PA
• Allen Dulles
  • Born Apr 7, 1893
  • died Jan 29, 1969
  • Brother John Foster Dulles; Sec of State under Eisenhower
  • Embassy staff
  • law degree 1926
  • worked with brother for United Fruit Company
  • OSS deputy Chief
  • OSS Switzerland Chief, Bern
  • OSS Berlin station chief, May 45
  • SSU Oct 1, 1945 to 1946 CIG
  • Did a hack job with brother John foster Dulles to discredit competency of Roscoe Hillenkoetter Director over new CIA 1947-1950
  • Bedell Smith became new CIA Director in 1950
  • Allen Dulles became Bedell’s deputy CIA director over covert ops in 1950
  • This was when Patton’s daughter, wife and Scruce all died CIA style deaths.
  • Became CIA director in 53
  • Col Philip Corso over NSC (NSA) for 5 years under Ike testified to Senate & RFK in 1961 about the huge numbers of soviet agents & sympathizers in CIA & white house. Plus the 30,000 POW’s held by Soviets.
  • Charles Cabell was deputy director (his brother Earl Cabell was Mayor of Dallas in 63)
  • Richard Bissell dept director (& creator of project Grudge & Bluebook when he was in USAF)
  • Dulles, Cabell & Bissell worked with Nixon to create Bay of Pigs & track 2 to sabotage Kennedy’s presidency.
  • Nixon destroyed all files at CIA with his name connected to Bay of Pigs, Track 2 & assassination of JFK & RFK, etc. Demanded files from Richard Helms.
  • Guatamala & Cuba overthrows tied to United Fruit Company using US gov’t as their own private militia & piggybank
  • Overthrow of Iran & attempted assassination of De Gaulle
  • created CIA Human Experimentation & biochemical exposure of public & unsuspecting victims, Mk ultra mind experiments
  • ran U-2 & CIA military Ops without oversight.
  • JFK fired Allen Dulles, Charles Cabell & Richard Bissell for Bay of Pigs set up
  • Allen Dulles, Charles Cabell and his brother Earl Cabell (mayor of Dallas) & Richard Bissell along with Nixon, E Howard Hunt, Frank Sturgis, McCord, etc were the cabal which planned & arranged the death of JFK, RFK, MLK & possibly Wallace & others
  • Hunt & Sturgis were CIA under Dulles involving Cuba, at Dallas Kennedy assassination (which E. Howard Hunt confessed to on tape for his son); a Watergate burglar under Nixon & Liddy; the Ellsberg break in; a bombing, Iran contra & every shadow gov’t crime for over 25 years.
  • Allen Dulles, Gerald Ford, Arlen Specter & others were on the Warren Commission to destroy evidence & create a false conclusion of Oswald’s guilt.
• Dwight Eisenhower
  • Supreme Cdr WWII, Chief of Staff, President
  • Born 1890 TX
  • Died 1969 WDC
  • WWII General of the Army
  • Wartime affair with Kay Summersby
  • Departed Europe the week of Nov 11, 1945
  • Nov 19, 1945 replaced George Marshall in WDC as Chief of Staff
  • Exactly 3 weeks before Patton’s accident per Roosen’s memory
  • Bedell Beetle Smith Deputy Chief Nov-Dec 1945 when Patton was killed
  • Only authority who could have reauthorized Patton’s hit in Dec 45
  • Smith was in position to ensure military complicity Ike’s deputy
  • Did Not attend Patton’s funeral
  • Truman stated Eisenhower requested divorce from Mamie to marry Kay:
    • denied by Marshall
    • Truman removed papers from Ike’s file just before leaving presidency
  • Arranged for Summersby’s US citizenship & WAC appointment
  • President of Columbia University in NY 1948 where his mistress Summersby resided
  • http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950528&slug=2123420
  • http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/06/opinion/essay-indeed-a-very-dear-friend.html
  • Chairman Joint Chiefs 1949
  • Assigned his son John to the 15th Army where he worked under Patton & spied for his father
  • Took his son with him to Moscow & to meetings with soviets
  • His son married Nixon’s daughter
  • President 1953-1961
  • Ordered hit on Patton
  • Paranoid about his generals going public and ruining his presidential ambitions
  • Many were killed to silence them along with anyone  else considered to be a threat to his ambitions
  • Likely one of the names on the Venona list of Soviet sympathizers
  • Remember Nixon was Ike’s VP for 8 years
  • Gave an odd farewell address about not allowing the Military Industrial complex from forcing us into wars
• Maj General  Hugh Joseph Gaffey
  • Born Nov 18, 1895
  • Died Jun 16, 1946
  • Served under Patton in Tunisia as Chief of Staff
  • Served under Patton’s 3rd army as chief of Staff
  • Close friend to Patton
  • Left Europe Sept 1, 1945
  • Assigned to command armored training school at Ft Knox Sept. 2, 1945
  • Appointed Ft Knox commanding General Jun 11, 1946 one week before he died
  • killed in suspicious B-25 crash Jun 16, 1946 returning from ft Benning, GA conference
  • 2 Lieutenants died & 4 servicemen wounded
  • Radio failed, landed at Bowling Green, KY to get bearings.
  • Then engine failed when landing at Godman field ft Knox
  • Witnesses said plane was out of control
  • Overshot runway
  • Not normal failure pattern. Sabotage
  • Eisenhower was paranoid of being outed by Generals
  • Many were killed for Eisenhower’s presidential ambition
• General Hobart Gay
  • Chief of Staff to Patton; hated Patton; buddy to Ike;
  • Born 1894 IL
  • Died 1983 El Paso, TX
  • Patton’s Chief of Staff
  • False friend to Patton
  • Chronic Liar
  • A key suspect participant with access & motive in Patton’s assassination
  • Egged on Patton to infuriate Ike while feeding info to Ike & Bedell Smith
  • Blind in one eye
  • Convinced Patton to go pheasant hunting on his last day
  • Since Patton frequently, hunted it was not hard for Gay to convince him to go hunting
  • Gay was clearly involved in setting the stage & ensuring Patton was in place for his demise
  • In car accident sitting beside Patton. Could have shoved into Patton upon impact
  • Injured wrist by holding onto safety strap during car Crash. Braced & prepared for impact.
    • Had foreknowledge of impact and grabbed safety strap before accident occurred.
  • Constant access to Patton in hospital room
  • Convinced Beatrice to go to dinner when Patton died
  • Rewarded with command of Patton’s Army & Armored division after Patton’s demise
  • Became close confidant & special favorite of Eisenhower after Patton’s death
  • Handled Pershing’s funeral for Ike
  • Ike’s favorite frequently rewarded with promotions & generous commands after Patton’s death
  • This implies Gay was an informant & willing participant in Patton’s demise & rewarded with Patton’s commands
  • Gays close loyalty to Ike after Patton depicts a duplicitous, insincere, turncoat, opportunist.
  • Just opposite of Patton’s trust in him
  • Duplicitous personality slipped Gay thru any suspicion or complicity.
  • Skubik claims Gay hated Patton. This fits with Gays actions, opportunity, access & motive.
• Bert Goldstein
  • Patton’s Bodyguard
  • 3rd army
  • Did not transfer to 15th Army
• Jean Gordon
  • niece of Patton’s wife & Patton’s mistress
  • Born 1915 MA
  • Died Jan 9, 1946 Manhattan, NY
  • Niece of General Patton’s wife
  • Family confirms longtime affair with General Patton
  • Supposedly committed suicide 3 weeks after Patton’s death,
  • filling apt with gas & surrounded by Pattons photos
  • Suspicious staged death. Assassinated. Knew too much & was eliminated
• Cpl Jerome Greenblatt
  • Patient in room next to Patton
  • One of 7 men with yellow jaundice virus in next room
  • Infectious Hepatitis
  • From Chicago, IL
  • Had bad attitude
  • Doesn’t seem safe to place contagious patients near Patton
  • Not to mention bacteria being transmitted by staff from room to room
• Lt John A Hadden
  • Aide to Gen Gay
  • Born 1923
  • Died 1994
  • Patton staff Aide to Gen Gay
  • in Bad Nauheim during accident
  • With Harkins when Woodring & Scruce returned
  • wrote letters which confirmed some details of individuals involved
  • Same Hunting location Hadden went with Gay & Scruce a couple weeks earlier in Nov 1945
  • Harvard grad 1944; medical grad 1954
  • Cleveland, OH Staff child psychiatrist
  • Trustee & VP mental health, social services
• Lt General James Harbord
  • Born Mar 26, 1866 IL
  • Died Aug 20 1947 NY
  • Collects info on Armenian Massacres
  • 1922 retired from army; became President RCA
  • 1930 retired as RCA President to David Sarnoff
  • RCA Chairman of the Board until just before his death
  • Friend of Gen Patton
• Colonel Paul D Harkins
  • Deputy Chief of Staff to Patton
  • Born 1904 MA
  • Died 1984 Dallas, TX
  • Patton’s Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Helped Gay convince Patton to go hunting
  • Inserted himself to edit Patton’s book for Bea & control content
  • Annotated “War as I knew it” for Beatrice Patton
  • Westpoint Commander
  • MACV Viet Nam General
  • 4 star General Viet Nam
  • Another suspect in Patton’s assassination
• Capt Elizabeth H Hay
  • Chief of Nurses at Heidelberg Hospital for Patton
  • From Hampton, NH
  • Had been combat nurse for Patton’s 3rd Army since D Day
• Col Paul S Hill Jr MD
  • Chief of Surgery at Heidelberg Army Hospital
  • Responded to emergency call to treat Patton
  • Examined, treated & sutured Patton on day of accident Dec 9th, 1945
  • Doctor in charge until the specialists arrived
  • Became second treating doctor after Spurling took over control of Patton
  • From Biddleford, Maine (Saco, Maine)
• Lt Bertha Hohle (Hoble)
  • Patton’s nurse
  • From Grygla, MN also stated as St Paul, MN
  • Was attending to Patton while infected with a cold

• Col Charles Keegan
  • Military gov Bavaria
  • Hired Nazis to run govt which caused issues defaming Patton
  • Catalyst for Patton’s denazification issue
  • refused to remove nazis from office
  • NYC politician
  • Patton family suspected Keegan’s complicity
• Maj Gen Albert W Kenner
  • Army Chief Surgeon for European Theater
  • Summoned to treat Patton’s injury
  • Received & delivered Mercuperia to Patton’s medical staff on final day
  • Caused deadly toxicity of digitalis which killed Patton
  • A coconspirator acting on Eisenhower orders
• Dr Gerald Kent
  • Patton Doctor
  • Patton doctor who provided false info about Patton accident
  • Claims Gay said Patton was injured doing 75 on Autobaun
  • swerved into ditch to avoid truck
  • If this was true, then the photo of the car and truck driver would have been in the ditch.
  • Another ridiculous story.
  • Either the doctor is a disinformation plant or completely clueless
  • We already know Gay was a disinfo plant who helped orchestrate the Patton hit
• Lt Col Walter T Kerwin (Kirwin) Jr
  • Ike’s personal rep at Heidelberg Hospital
  • Feeding info about Patton to Ike
  • Born Jun 14, 1917 PA
  • Died Jul 11, 2008 VA
  • One of Ike’s henchmen who was well rewarded for his loyalty
  • Traveled to Germany with Bea Patton & Spurling on Dec 10, 45
  • Became 4 star General and Vice Chief of Staff Army
  • Lockheed Martin consultant
• General Geoffrey Keyes
  • duplicitous Buddy of Beetle Smith; false friend of Patton
  • Born 1888 NM
  • Born 1967 WDC
  • Chronic liar
  • Keyes was in command of entire accident scene, hospital, MP’s, truck driver, hospital, doctors
  • In command of entire Patton assassination set up
  • General in control over Heidelberg hospital
  • Keyes handled investigation of Patton’s death
  • Keyes gained Patton’s 3rd army as his reward for role in death of Patton April 1946
  • Visited Patton overnight before crash; sudden departure early that morning
  • Suddenly recalled to Frankfurt while visiting Patton on his last day Dec 9, 1945
  • Suspicious timing of recall on Sunday
  • No such recall meeting occurred
  • Skubik says Keyes wanted to distance himself from the Murder
  • Keyes car found abandoned on roadside
  • Keyes commanded ambulance, Drs & MP’s at scene
  • ambulance was already at site without being summoned
  • Patton taken to Heidelberg Hospital under Keyes
  • Instead of Mannheim hospital not under Keyes
  • Keyes wrote wife he spent night & breakfast visiting Patton before departing early.
  • Some say Patton’s Best friend but Skubik says Keyes disliked Patton
  • Patton stated he believed keys was best friend but clearly was wrong
  • Skubik says Keyes was best buddy to Bedell Smith, Patton’s most hated enemy
  • Selected Bedell as pallbearer which mortified Patton’s widow
  • Rewarded with 3rd Army command
  • Several cushy director jobs until retired in 54
• Frank Krummer
  • German civilian passenger in Thompson’s truck at accident
  • 2nd passenger in Thompson’s truck which impacted Patton
  • German National
  • worked as civilian for 141 st Signal Company 50 miles south of Mannheim
  • disappeared after accident
• PFC Stephen Kurtiak
  • First responder to treat Patton
  • Saved Patton’s life during response delays
  • From Youngstown, OH
• Hugh O Layton
  • 2nd Lt MP
  • 818 MP Mannheim
  • 7th Army
• Duncan Chaplin Lee
  • OSS
  • Donovan’s #1 agent & asst
  • immediately emigrated to Russia after Patton died
• Lt Gen John C H Lee
  • Accompanied Bea on plane to Heidelberg
  • C-47 transport Plane belonged to Lee
• Nicholas R Lenro
  • Blood transfusion donor for Patton
  • “A” negative blood type
  • 7th Army
  • 42017267
  • Secondary donor
• Col Earl. C. Lowry (Joseph Lowery)
  • Army surgical consultant for Shaef
  • Arrived with Gen Kenner on Dec 9th, 1945
  • Chief Surgical Consultant regarding Patton’s condition
  • Sutured Patton’s head injury & inserted Crutchfield tongs
• Lt Ann Maertz
  • Nurse
  • Patton
  • St Paul, MN
• General George Marshall
  • Chief of Staff; Sec of State & Defense
  • Born 1880 PA
  • Died Oct 15, 1959 Walter Reed WDC
  • Chief of Staff over OSS
  • Requested psychiatric evaluation of Patton per Ike
    • Cancelled by Stimson
  • Did Not attend Patton’s funeral
  • Resigned as Chief of Staff Nov 18, 1945
  • Sent to China in Dec 1945-Jan 46 (explains separate medical report on Patton)
  • Secretary of State 47-49
  • Sec of Defense 49-53
  • resigned public office in 53
• Lt Col Paul H Maurer
  • Patton’s hospital room Prayers
  • Religious advisor to Military
  • Former Army Chaplain at Ft Knox, KY
• John Mazzanella
  • Blood transfusion donor for Patton
  • “A” negative blood type
  • 7th Army
  • 42017166
  • Secondary donor
• General Joseph McNarney
  • Commander of Occupied Europe replacing Ike
  • Born 1893 PA
  • Died 1972 CA
  • Replaced Ike as Chief of Staff over occupied Europe Nov 11, 1945
  • Retired in 52
• William George Meeks
  • Patton’s Orderly WWII 1938-1945
  • Born 1896 CO
  • Died 1965
  • Patton’s loyal black orderly for 8 years
  • 1938-1945
  • lived in Junction City, KS
  • Trained to be nurse for Patton’s disability & return to US
  • Pallbearer chosen by Beatrice
  • Handed funeral flag to Beatrice
• John Metz (Mertz)
  • 818 MP at scene of accident
  • 818 MPs Mannheim
• PFC William T Mills
  • Guarded Patton’s hospital room
  • From Cushing, TX
• John Lester Mims
  • Patton Driver Sept 40 – May 45
  • Born 1917 Alabama
  • Died 1990 Alabama
  • Patton’s driver for 5 years
  • Drove Patton Sept 1940- May 1945
  • Transferred shortly before Patton’s Car wreck 3rd Army
• Sgt Leroy Ogden
  • At Patton accident scene
  • Provided medical aid
• Sgt Jack Parrish
  • 818 MP desk Sgt
  • 818 MP Mannheim
• Beatrice Banning Ayres Patton
  • wife of General George S Patton
  • Born 1886 MA
  • Died Sept 1953 MA
  • widow of General Patton
  • Hired investigator to look into General’s death
  • Refused invitations to Eisenhower Whitehouse
  • Outspoken to public about Generals letters & opinions about corruption
  • Died riding horse while mid jump from ruptured brain Aneurysm
  • Suspicious death & timing 9 months after Eisenhower became President
• Beatrice Ayres Patton Waters
  • daughter of General Patton & wife of Gen Waters
  • Born 1911
  • Died Oct 23, 1952 NY
  • Heart attack age 41
  • Scene was staged with hidden bottles
  • Wife of Gen John Waters rescued by Patton as POW WWII
  • Suspicious death & timing before Ike’s presidential election
  • While Beetle Smith Director of CIA
  • Just one year before mothers death
  • Died while Husband was in Korea
• General George S Patton Jr (III)
  • Army 4 Star General killed by OSS under Ike’s orders
  • Born Nov 11, 1885 CA
  • Died Dec 21, 1945 Heidelberg, Germany
  • 4 star Army General WWII
  • Relieved of 3rd Army Sept 1945
  • Multiple attempts to assassinate Patton to silence him
  • Paralyzed in car wreck by OSS assassin hit Dec 9, 1945 Mannheim, Germany
  • Digitalis Toxicity to mimic organ failure Dec 21, 1945
• General John J Pershing
  • Patton’s Cmdr Mexican War
  • Born 1860 MO
  • Died 1948 Walter Reed DC
  • Heart disease
  • “Blackjack” Pershing
  • Funeral handled by Gen Gay for Ike
• Lt Col Gilbert Phillips MD
  • British Army Neurosurgeon
  • sent with Dr Cairns to attend Patton
• Rev William R Price
  • Episcopalian Chaplin
  • Visited Patton
• PFC Lewis Redgrave
  • Patient in room next to Patton
  • One of 7 men with yellow jaundice virus in next room
  • Infectious Hepatitis
  • From Jersey City, NJ
  • Doesn’t seem safe to place contagious patients near Patton
  • Not to mention bacteria being transmitted by staff from room to room
• Bert Roosen
  • German asst to Ike; overheard plot to eliminate Patton
  • a 17 year old German national who worked for Eisenhower
  • Overheard plans to eliminate Patton by Ike, Smith & Bradley on train while cleaning nearby
    • Subsequent to earlier heated argument between Ike & Patton
    • Said Patton’s incident occurred about 3 weeks later
  • Eisenhower left Europe to become Chief of Staff Joint chiefs 1 month prior to Patton’s hit.
  • Feared to come forward until after Bazata
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • President WWII
  • Born 1882 NY
  • Died Apr 12, 1945 GA
  • President during WWII
  • Listed with a code name on the Venona project
• Lt Margery J Rundell (Randell)
  • Patton’s Nurse
  • from Ashland, WI
  • Was in room with Patton when he died.
• Kazmir L Sawicki
  • False accident scene MP
  • Planted Phony witness to discredit and spread disinfo
  • Niagara Falls, NY policeman
  • grandiose claims he was an MP at the Scene cradling Patton until others took over
    • Claims Patton was taken to 115th Hospital not 130th
    • Claims Patton died the same day as the accident
    • but was hit by passing truck while urinating
  • Do these people not consider the fact Patton’s wife was with him?
  • Either these are crazy people or deliberately planted disinformation to discredit other evidence
• Joseph Scruce (aka: Spruce)
  • Driver of Patton’s second hunting vehicle
  • Born March 11, 1901
  • Died March 11, 1952
  • Italian immigrant 1919
  • Driver of Patton’s second hunting vehicle
  • Kept assassins apprised of Patton’s location by radio
  • Pulled ahead at last moment & disappeared. Never returned to accident.
  • Died gushing blood from hemorrhagic aneurysm.
    • This gushing blood implies some blood thinner like Warfarin was used
    • Assassinated during Smith’s reign over CIA & Ike’s Presidential campaign
  • He stated he was going to die before death occurred
  • Daughter believed he was involved with Patton’s murder
• Lt Joseph Shanahan
  • Deputy Provost Marshall
  • Born Lambertville, NJ
  • Died Round Rock TX
  • 3rd Army
  • Departed Europe Sep 11, 1945
    • Unassigned Between dates
    • Promoted to Capt Dec 19, 1945
    • after discharge
• Col Sitzinger
  • Patton friend in Heidelberg
  • Commander 14th field battalion 15th Army Heidelberg
  • Curious assignment base location since 7th Army was in Heidelberg
  • Staatz claims Patton stopped in Heidelberg to visit enroute to Mannheim
  • This is unlikely since Patton would have to go through Mannheim to get to Heidelberg
  • Staatz is a disinformation story intended to dissuade suspicion by discrediting other stories
• Stephen Skubik
  • Army CIC warned Donovan of NKVD Patton death plot
  • Born 1916
  • Died 1996
  • CIC Counter Intelligence corps
  • Reported NKVD Russian death threats against Patton to Donovan OSS director
  • Warned Donovan at least 3 times
  • NKVD agents worked for OSS Donovan
  • Donovan jailed Skubik as Russian agent
    • to block his warnings about assassination plans for Patton
  • Was marked for death due to his warnings of the death plans against Patton.
  • Food wholesaler
  • Author of book about Patton
• Smith
  • Lt 818 MP accident Investigator
• General Walter Bedell Smith
  • Deputy to Ike; CIA Director; Under Sec of State
  • Born 1895 IN
  • Died 1961 WDC
  • Heart attack
  • Beetle Smith
  • Patton’s #1 enemy
  • Eisenhower’s right hand assassin who orchestrated eliminating his enemies like Patton
    • Also deaths of Patton’s daughter Bea, Widow Bea, Mistress Jean, Scruce, etc.
  • was requested not to attend Patton’s funeral
  • Chosen by Keyes as Patton’s pallbearer
  • Enraged Beatrice had Smith removed & replaced with black orderly, Meeks
  • Barred from Patton’s funeral
  • 1946-1949 Ambassador to Soviet Union
  • 1950-1953 Director CIA (No wonder so many Eisenhower enemies perished)
  • Retired from Army Feb 53
  • Under Secretary of State 53-54
  • Multiple Corporate board positions
  • Multiple Eisenhower hatchet positions
• Capt Ned Snyder
  • Ambulance driver Patton
  • Brownwood, TX
  • Died 2001
  • Ambulance Driver
  • 290th Engineers Ambulance
  • Why was a Captain driving an ambulance?
  • with commander Major Tucker
  • Summoned by Red Cross worker at accident scene
  • Examined Patton, loaded him into ambulance
  • Said he recognized paralysis but does not remember any face or head wounds
  • Snyder’s memory of accident does not conform to others
• Roy Glenwood Spurling
  • Consulting Chief of Neurosurgery; Walter Reed Hospital
  • Born 1894 MO
  • Died 1968 CA
  • Neurosurgery specialist
  • University Medical School 1926-1960
  • founded & presided over neurosurgery associations
  • Walter Reed Chief of Neurosurgery WWII
  • many books & chairs
  • Sent by Ike to deal with Patton in hospital
  • Upon arrival, sent away the doctors who had achieved progress with Patton
  • Prescribed toxic Digitalis which caused Patton’s condition to rapidly deteriorate
  • Not qualified to prescribe cardiac medicines
  • This was a political doctor. A teacher, exec, writer, consultant. Not hands on.
  • Patton’s condition immediately took a nosedive under his care.
  • Coconspirator who gave fatal combination of Mercuperia & digitalis to Patton
  • Patton died under his care
• Earl Staatz
  • Phony planted False Patton witness
  • Claims Patton stopped to see his boss in Heidelberg that morning before Mannheim
  • Heidelberg is in opposite direction and Patton had to go through Mannheim to get there]
  • Staatz is a disinformation story intended to dissuade suspicion by discrediting other evidence
• General Charles P Summerall
  • Retired Patton Friend
  • Born 1867 FL
  • Died 1955 Washington DC
  • warned Patton his commanders were out to get him & his life was in danger
  • sent warning letter to Patton Nov 24, 1945
  • Retired Army General before WWII
  • President & Commanded SC military school The Citadel 1931 to 1953
• Kay Kate Summersby
  • Driver, Mistress & Sec to Ike
  • Born 1908 Ireland
  • Died 1975 Long Island NY
  • Cancer
  • British mistress of Eisenhower during war WWII
  • Eisenhower requested divorce from Mamie to marry Kay (per Truman)
    • Denied by Marshall
  • Truman said he removed these papers from Ike’s file just before leaving presidency
  • Eisenhower arranged her US citizenship & WAC’s appt.
  • moved to NY after war where Eisenhower had become President of Columbia University
  • Married wall street banker Morgan in 52 to defray gossip while Ike ran for President
    • Arranged marriage to defray gossip
    • Divorced Morgan 1958 after Ike won second term.
  • the marriage likely spared her life as a risk to Ike & enabled Ike to covertly see her
  • http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950528&slug=2123420
  • http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/06/opinion/essay-indeed-a-very-dear-friend.html
• Major John F Taeffner
  • Neurosurgeon
  • 106th Evacuation Hospital
  • Arrived to attend Patton on Dec 10th, 1945
• T/5 Robert L Thompson
  • Driver of truck which collided with Patton
  • From Camden, NJ
  • Born @1925
  • died 1994
  • extreme Painful stomach death
  • undetermined cause of death
  • Driver of truck which injured Patton
  • Tried to blame accident on Patton’s reckless driver
  • found negligent. Not punished
  • OSS NKVD asset
  • Grinning & goofy & uncaring at accident
  • Arranged accident by Bazata
  • Taken to UK for 4 days after accident
  • 141st Signal company, 7th army at Schwabisch Gmund Germany
  • Under Gen Keyes command
  • 80 miles away from base on lockdown Sunday without permits
  • in stolen truck, drunk with German civilians
  • Passed through checkpoints without papers
  • Claimed to be turning into closed, locked gated compound
  • Under Keyes but not punished
  • black market opportunist, cheater, black hearted
  • alienated family
  • kept meticulous scrapbook on Patton
  • Attempted suicide
  • Didn’t deny Bazata’s claims he was a co-conspirator who purposely veered truck into Patton
  • Thompson’s wife stated he said he felt like murderer
• Harry S Truman
  • President WWII end & Korean War
  • Born 1882 MO
  • Died 1972 MO
  • Pneumonia
  • President 1945-1953
  • Did Not attend Patton’s funeral
  • Truman Disbanded OSS in Sept 1945; firing Donovan
  • Question whether Truman liked Patton or not
  • Was kept in the dark about Venona names
  • Likely did not know about Patton’s hit
• General Lucian Truscott
  • Cmdr 3rd Army Oct 45 – Mar 46; CIA under Beetle Smith
  • Born 1895 TX
  • Died 1965 VA
  • Command of 3rd Army
  • Between Oct 8, 1945 to Mar 30, 1946
  • CIA under Beetle Smith 1950-58 in Frankfurt
  • Chairman of Army amphibious 48-49
  • Posthumously became 4 star in 1989
• Major Charles Tucker
  • Ambulance commander for Patton
  • Commander of Ambulance driver
  • Patton accident scene
  • 290th Engineers Ambulance
  • Traveling with Capt Ned Snyder driving
  • Summoned by Red Cross worker at accident scene
  • From New Hamburg, NY
• Unnamed
  • 3rd passenger in Thompson’s truck at Patton accident
  • third passenger in Thompson’s truck
  • unknown. Disappeared at accident
• Arlis Vanlandingham
  • Lt 818 MP accident Investigator
  • died Round Rock, TX?
  • 90th inf div
  • Main investigating officer
  • departed Europe Sep 11, 1945
  • Promoted to Capt Dec 19, 1945 (odd timing)
  • Promoted after discharge but was Patton investigator.
  • Suspicious timing of post discharge promotion & investigator status
• Lt Gen Walton H Walker
  • Friend of Patton
  • Attended funeral representing Ike
• Capt Andrew White
  • Army Chaplain at Patton’s hospital
  • Heidelberg
  • Catholic Chaplain
  • From Wilmington, DE
• Brig Gen John M Willen (Willems)
  • Provost Marshall
  • Wrote report on Patton Dec 18, 1945
  • 7th Army Provost Marshall
  • Announced Death of Patton
• Maj Gen Leonard F Wing
  • Born Nov 12 1893 VT
  • Died Dec 19 1945 VT
  • Pacific Theater war
  • Heart attack
  • Candidate for VT Governor
  • Threat to Eisenhower’s presidential ambitions.
• PFC Horace Woodring
  • Patton’s driver at time of accident
  • Born 1926 KY
  • Died 2003 KY
  • From Sturgis, KY
  • Patton inherited Woody as driver with transfer to 15th Army
  • found negligent. Not punished
  • 4 days before accident, Reenlisted for add’l year to continue to drive Patton
  • Offered chauffeur job by Patton after military Service (before accident)
  • Absolved by Patton. Patton halted persecution of Woody after accident
  • Son’s middle name is Patton
  • Conflicting information about his details of final day
  • demoted twice from Sgt to pvt for fraternizing
  • habitual fraternizer & drinker
  • lied about age to join & again to drive
  • not as innocent as thought
  • hungover the morning of accident
  • Atchison claims he drove instead of Woody but this conflicts with many other reports
  • Patton would have noticed the difference