General Patton visits his son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel John Waters, while the latter recuperates in Walter Reed U.S. Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Waters had been held in a German prison camp for three years. Patton was reported to have attempted a rescue operation at one time.

General Patton's son-in-law...

German soldiers surrender to American Forces in a small French village in December 1944.

Surrender

General Eisenhower visited Patton at Bad Tölz, Germany and found that Patton had left SS soldiers in charge of concentration camp security. This visit, along with Patton’s public statements, led to his dismissal as commander of the Third Army; 1945.