“Speech to the Third Army” General George Patton speaks with great credibility or ethos; Patton was born into a family with an extensive military background, both his father and grandfather were both highly respected members of the military. General Patton had a very long and successful career in the military, and firmly believed that leading should be done by example, and for that reason, Patton was always in front of his troops during war. George lived and breathed for the military, he once said “one must be so soaked in military lore that he does the military thing automatically” (Harkins, War as I knew it). The speech titled “Speech to the Third Army” was given to the young men who were about to go into a gruesome war and fight for their country, General George Patton had to cheer these boys up and make them feel like they were doing the right thing for their country. It was to motivate the inexperienced, and it did just that; the speech made the troops very anxious and ready, the men did exactly what Patton wanted them to do. In the speech George said things like “real American like to fight”, “Americans Hate to lose”, your enemies are more scared than you are, and “The real hero is the man who fights …show more content…
Patton said many of you listening are probably wondering what you will do when you are actually in the battle, but when you stick your hand into a pile of “goo” that was once your best friends face, you will know exactly what to do. That really plays with emotions because no one wants to have their best friend die, and everyone would want to kill the person who killed their friend. General George Patton also told the troops that they were not only going to shoot them, we are going to cut out their guts, murder them by the bushel. This helps raise the spirit of the troops listening who are about to go into war, and make the men feel like they did the right thing by going into war instead of “shoveling Shit in