Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Silence Patton’
Commentary
For someone who has served in the military, returning home after serving a tour—or multiple tours—overseas is a much anticipated event. Anticipation grows as the date of departure approaches. Usually, laying low is key to avoiding anything that might tarnish or delay one’s exit.
With this in mind, knowing how U.S. Army General George S. Patton died makes his death all the more tragic. Considered the most formidable commander of World War II, Patton’s final days were spent as a quadriplegic in a bleak room at the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. He died there in his sleep from congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema on Dec. 21, 1945….