Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I arahi a General Patton i te wehenga i te wa o te Tennessee Maneuvers i te Pipiri 1941, a i whakamoemitihia mo tana kaiarahi, i te whakatutukitanga o nga whaainga 48 haora i whakaritea i roto i te iwa noa iho. I te marama o Hepetema Louisiana Maneuvers, ko tana wehenga tetahi waahanga o te Ropu Whero ngaro i te Wahanga I, engari i te Wahanga II i tohaina ki te Ope Taua o Blue. I whakahaeretia e tana wehenga te mutunga o te Rererangi Whero me te "whakaputa" i Shreveport, Louisiana. I te Oketopa-Noema Carolina Maneuvers, i hopukina e te wehenga a Patton a Hugh Drum, rangatira o te ope whawhai. I te Hanuere 15, 1942 i whakawhiwhia ia ki te I Armored Corps, a, i te marama e whai ake nei i whakatuhia te Whare Whakangungu Moutere i te rohe o Coachella Valley o Riverside County i California, ki te whakahaere whakangungu whakangungu. I timata ia i enei mahi i te mutunga o te tau 1941 ka haere tonu ki te raumati o te tau 1942. I whiriwhiria e Patton he wāhi koraha i te tonga-rawhiti o Palm Springs. Mai i ona ra tuatahi hei rangatira, i tino akiaki a Patton i te hiahia kia noho tonu nga ope patu ki nga ope whakaeke. Ko tana hiahia ki te nekehanga whakaeke i whakaahuatia e te whakautu a Patton ki nga kairipoata pakanga i te huihuinga korero a 1944. Hei whakautu ki te pātai mēnā ko te whakaeke tere o te ope Tuatoru puta noa i France
Me whakaitihia te tere o te tere ki te whakaiti i te maha o nga patunga a US, ka whakahoki a Patton, "I nga wa katoa ka whakaitihia e koe tetahi mea, ka ngaro koe i nga oranga tangata". I tenei wa, i muri i te rongonga o tetahi kairipoata i tetahi korero i kii ai a Patton he " toto me te roro " hei wikitoria i te pakanga, ka tiimata te karanga ia ia " toto me te ngakau". Ka whai te ingoa ingoa ki a ia mo te toenga o tona oranga. I ētahi wā, e mōhiotia ana ko ngā hōia i raro i tana whakahau, i kī, "tō mātou toto, ōna whākōkī". Heoi anō, e mōhiotia ana he nui te whakamoemiti ki a ia e nga tangata i raro i a ia.