Where did the leader of the U.S. Third Army in 1944 and the commander of the 32nd Infantry Division at the beginning of World War II go to University?
George S. Patton General George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1919–1944) Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (/ˈmɛɡz/; August 10, 1919 – December 11, 1944) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and commander of a tank battalion during World War II. He is the great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster of the Union Army during the Civil War, and father of retired General Montgomery Meigs, Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe. He was killed in action during the first weeks of battle faced by the 12th Armored Division during the liberation of Alsace in France.