1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:04,229 Speaker 1: Fellow Ridiculous Historians, we're back to you with a classic episode. 2 00:00:04,330 --> 00:00:08,380 Speaker 1: We all remember George S. Patton from earlier, but have 3 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: you heard about his abandoned rear? 4 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:16,020 Speaker 2: Like, you mean like he lost his butt and he 5 00:00:16,060 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 2: just left it for dead? His own butt? 6 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:22,369 Speaker 1: Now, I've got to be honest with you, Noel, 2019 7 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:24,410 Speaker 1: was a long time ago for us. Sure was. No 8 00:00:24,450 --> 00:00:28,430 Speaker 1: recollection of this one either, buddy. So we are so 9 00:00:28,510 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: thrilled that you're joining us today, and we can't wait 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,620 Speaker 1: to hear what we said years ago about this. I 11 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: hope it's good. I hope it's good, too. Oh, my gosh. 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:44,699 Speaker 1: Here we go. Ridiculous History is a production of iHeartRadio. 13 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:13,650 Speaker 1: May God have mercy for my enemies, because I won't. 14 00:01:14,150 --> 00:01:16,649 Speaker 1: Welcome to Ridiculous History. My name is Ben. That is 15 00:01:16,690 --> 00:01:18,890 Speaker 1: a quote by George S. Patton Jr. 16 00:01:18,950 --> 00:01:21,250 Speaker 2: My name is Noel, and that was a very grizzled 17 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:22,310 Speaker 2: sounding impression there. 18 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:23,750 Speaker 1: I liked it very much. Is that what he sounded like? 19 00:01:24,110 --> 00:01:27,610 Speaker 1: I mean, he's living life in the middle of wars, man. 20 00:01:27,650 --> 00:01:29,150 Speaker 1: That's like a war voice. 21 00:01:29,410 --> 00:01:31,750 Speaker 2: He is known as one of the most grizzled generals, 22 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:34,750 Speaker 2: as portrayed by, what is it, George C. 23 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: Scott? You got it. Yeah, Casey on the Case. That 24 00:01:40,020 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: Casey on the Case is a nod to our super producer, 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:43,940 Speaker 1: Casey Pegram. 26 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: That was a nice doubling up of those moments there, Ben. 27 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: I really liked that. 28 00:01:48,940 --> 00:01:53,950 Speaker 1: So who was General Patton, Ben? Great question. In addition 29 00:01:54,010 --> 00:01:58,090 Speaker 1: to being the main character of today's strange, ridiculous anecdote, 30 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:02,450 Speaker 1: George Smith Patton Jr. was a general of the U.S. 31 00:02:02,550 --> 00:02:05,930 Speaker 1: Army who commanded the Seventh Army in World War II, 32 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,870 Speaker 1: the Third Army in France and Germany after D-Day, the 33 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: Allied invasion of Normandy in June of 1944. He also 34 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:19,300 Speaker 1: makes an appearance in one of my favorite graphic novel series, Uber. 35 00:02:20,139 --> 00:02:23,579 Speaker 1: which I highly recommend checking out if you are a 36 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:26,980 Speaker 1: World War II buff, if you're a sci-fi buff, if 37 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:30,870 Speaker 1: you just like good stories. He was born into a 38 00:02:30,970 --> 00:02:36,470 Speaker 1: family with a very storied military background, both in the U.S. 39 00:02:36,570 --> 00:02:40,669 Speaker 1: Army and in the late Confederate Army. He went to 40 00:02:40,730 --> 00:02:44,250 Speaker 1: West Point. He studied fencing. He even designed the M1913 41 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:50,579 Speaker 1: Cavalry Sabre, more commonly known as the Patent Sabre today. 42 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:54,900 Speaker 1: Fun fact about him, he competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. 43 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:55,859 Speaker 1: I know, it's true. 44 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: He was a triathlete, or excuse me, a pentathlete, swimming, riding, fencing, running, 45 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 2: and shooting. Man, that is a real pentuple threat. 46 00:03:05,940 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah. I mean, forget about Broadway, right? What do 47 00:03:08,860 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: they have, just triple threats? That's right. No, it's true. 48 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: This was in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. 49 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:15,530 Speaker 1: What a guy. 50 00:03:16,490 --> 00:03:19,230 Speaker 2: And on his way up to all of these accolades 51 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:22,450 Speaker 2: that were later to come for Patton, he was one 52 00:03:22,470 --> 00:03:25,650 Speaker 2: of the inaugural members of the first ever United States 53 00:03:25,810 --> 00:03:27,890 Speaker 2: Tank Corps established in 1917. 54 00:03:27,889 --> 00:03:32,460 Speaker 1: So he thought he would see more action with these 55 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:35,100 Speaker 1: newly invented armored vehicles than he would if he had 56 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: just stayed with the infantry. And before the year had passed, 1917, 57 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: Patton becomes a colonel and he's sent to France. and 58 00:03:43,820 --> 00:03:46,900 Speaker 1: he's ordered to find a good location in France to 59 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: train people in the use of tanks. He finds a 60 00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: village named Bourg, B-O-U-R-G, and he says, you know what? 61 00:03:54,580 --> 00:03:58,619 Speaker 1: This will do. That'll do, pig, because it has so 62 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,190 Speaker 1: much mud that they can practice driving in. It's true. 63 00:04:02,230 --> 00:04:06,490 Speaker 2: It turns out that Bourg's primary exports are fish and mud. 64 00:04:06,730 --> 00:04:12,310 Speaker 1: Oh, is that true? No. Oh, okay. Oh, why are 65 00:04:12,350 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: we mentioning— the village and we didn't even check with you. Casey, 66 00:04:17,380 --> 00:04:21,700 Speaker 1: can you illuminate the Francophone perspective on this village, Borg? 67 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 3: Well, Borg is like a generic kind of word that 68 00:04:25,670 --> 00:04:30,010 Speaker 3: you see in lots of city names, like Luxembourg or something. 69 00:04:30,790 --> 00:04:33,690 Speaker 3: It's like Pittsburgh that we see here in America. But 70 00:04:33,730 --> 00:04:36,350 Speaker 3: it just means basically it's like a village that's on 71 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:41,390 Speaker 3: the larger side and features markets and would be sort 72 00:04:41,430 --> 00:04:44,870 Speaker 3: of a meeting place or a trading place for other 73 00:04:45,130 --> 00:04:48,470 Speaker 3: smaller villages nearby. So that's a Borg. But this one 74 00:04:48,529 --> 00:04:52,610 Speaker 3: is just called Borg. So they didn't bother specifying anything more, 75 00:04:53,470 --> 00:04:55,050 Speaker 3: you know, precise, just Berg. 76 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:57,190 Speaker 1: So it's like a town named town? 77 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:57,950 Speaker 3: Yeah, kind of. 78 00:04:58,810 --> 00:05:03,270 Speaker 2: Casey on the case. So it seems like a little 79 00:05:03,290 --> 00:05:06,529 Speaker 2: bit of an uncreative Berg, Borg here. But, you know, 80 00:05:06,570 --> 00:05:08,229 Speaker 2: that makes sense why they would be so lousy with fish. 81 00:05:08,630 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 2: And mud, but not a bad place to train tanksmen? 82 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: What do you call a tanker? Where are the fish 83 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: coming from? I don't know, just my imagination. 84 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,900 Speaker 1: Okay, well, they're along the water source. They're a little coastal, right? 85 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: What do you call a tank driver? Pilot. A pilot? No, 86 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,140 Speaker 1: you don't call them a pilot. You would call them 87 00:05:26,180 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: a driver. 88 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 4: Okay. 89 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,540 Speaker 1: The driver drives the tank, but they're not really in charge. 90 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:33,300 Speaker 1: They're just steering. They're following orders. Yes, they have a 91 00:05:33,339 --> 00:05:37,220 Speaker 1: professional backseat driver called the commander. And they're in charge 92 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: of the whole tank. Ooh, that's got to get a 93 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: little bit awkward sometimes. A professional backseat driver. Well, yeah. 94 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: But they're also in charge of telling the gunner and 95 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,909 Speaker 1: the loader what to do and communicating with the rest 96 00:05:48,930 --> 00:05:49,950 Speaker 1: of it. Okay, so you got a gunner. They're not 97 00:05:49,990 --> 00:05:50,650 Speaker 1: just sitting there. 98 00:05:50,670 --> 00:05:53,150 Speaker 2: You got a gunner, a loader, a driver, and a commander. 99 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:55,190 Speaker 2: So it's a four-person team in one of these things. 100 00:05:55,490 --> 00:05:59,650 Speaker 1: Yes, or three if there's an auto loader installed because 101 00:05:59,690 --> 00:06:02,810 Speaker 1: then the loader doesn't need to be there. They would 102 00:06:02,830 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: just be watching the auto loader. But back to Patton. 103 00:06:06,670 --> 00:06:11,410 Speaker 1: Back to the Borg. No relation to the Borg from 104 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:15,310 Speaker 1: Star Trek. Must assimilate. Which I love. Yeah. You remember 105 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:19,340 Speaker 1: when Picard gets taken by the Borg and turns into Locutus? 106 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,780 Speaker 1: He gets Borg'd. You could tell he had some heft 107 00:06:22,940 --> 00:06:25,730 Speaker 1: behind the scenes at that point. because his face wasn't 108 00:06:25,770 --> 00:06:28,010 Speaker 1: really covered the way all the other Borg were. He 109 00:06:28,050 --> 00:06:30,930 Speaker 1: just got a little dealy bop on one of his temples. 110 00:06:31,070 --> 00:06:32,870 Speaker 1: That's right. A little laser. 111 00:06:33,130 --> 00:06:35,190 Speaker 2: He was like a high-ranking Borg. 112 00:06:35,510 --> 00:06:38,150 Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah, he was. He was. I think they even 113 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:40,740 Speaker 1: made a film about it. Man, I forgot. I wonder 114 00:06:40,779 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: if the Borg aged well. I used to love the 115 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:45,940 Speaker 1: idea when I was a kid. But that's a story 116 00:06:45,980 --> 00:06:49,460 Speaker 1: for another day. Today's story still has us talking with Patton. 117 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: He's found the perfect place to create his tank training school. 118 00:06:54,930 --> 00:07:00,010 Speaker 1: And while he's there, something very strange happens. The mayor 119 00:07:00,270 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: of Borg comes to Patton, and he is weeping, this mayor. Openly. Openly, 120 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,660 Speaker 1: because he feels terrible. I forgot to tell you, Colonel, 121 00:07:11,860 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: he says to Patton, that there is an American soldier, 122 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: one of your countrymen, who has died in this, our 123 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: small town. 124 00:07:19,530 --> 00:07:21,550 Speaker 2: So Patton, like in a frenzy, he's like, oh, man, 125 00:07:21,590 --> 00:07:23,710 Speaker 2: have I lost someone? Am I one man down? And 126 00:07:23,750 --> 00:07:25,830 Speaker 2: he looks through his ranks and finds that that is 127 00:07:25,930 --> 00:07:28,070 Speaker 2: not the case. But the mayor says, no, no, there's 128 00:07:28,110 --> 00:07:31,070 Speaker 2: definitely been a dead soldier that was left behind here. 129 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:34,190 Speaker 2: And there's a soldier's grave. I'm confused about this relationship here. 130 00:07:34,210 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: What is he talking about? Why is he saying there's 131 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: a dead soldier that is from your company, a dead 132 00:07:39,140 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 2: soldier from a previous engagement here? 133 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:44,860 Speaker 1: A dead American soldier. That's what I mean. Right. Not 134 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: necessarily as specific as from America. your crew that you're 135 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: taking to train in tankery. He's alluding to other, some 136 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: other group of soldiers that passed by. Gotcha. And he 137 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,290 Speaker 1: feels like he needs to inform them. But Patton, as 138 00:08:01,330 --> 00:08:03,650 Speaker 1: you said, Noel, he checks through, he says, well, all 139 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:06,890 Speaker 1: of my people are fine. And the mayor insists, no, no, look, 140 00:08:07,030 --> 00:08:10,410 Speaker 1: will you at least go visit this guy's grave? We 141 00:08:10,450 --> 00:08:13,540 Speaker 1: should also mention that Borg is a really small town 142 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:18,130 Speaker 1: and like some other small towns in France, Borg's population 143 00:08:18,190 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: declined considerably during World War I and II. So this 144 00:08:22,860 --> 00:08:25,260 Speaker 1: is a very small place. And the mayor takes Patton 145 00:08:25,660 --> 00:08:29,660 Speaker 1: to this gravesite, to this quote-unquote gravesite. There's a mound 146 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:31,970 Speaker 1: of dirt. There's a stick posted in the ground at 147 00:08:32,150 --> 00:08:35,210 Speaker 1: one end and nailed crosswise on that stick such that 148 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:39,670 Speaker 1: it forms a rustic-looking cross like you'd see on a grave. Sure. 149 00:08:39,870 --> 00:08:43,740 Speaker 1: It's another piece of wood, and it has– what perhaps 150 00:08:44,580 --> 00:08:47,660 Speaker 1: the mayor thought was the name of the fallen soldier. 151 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: It's a strange name. It's not a very common name, 152 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,020 Speaker 1: I would say, then or now for a person. The 153 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 1: name is Abandoned Rear. 154 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 2: Conjures so much imagery. So you've got the mud and 155 00:09:00,420 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: stacked on top of the mud. You got a pile 156 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 2: of dirt and shoved into the dirt. 157 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: You got a stick. 158 00:09:05,340 --> 00:09:07,540 Speaker 2: And then on the stick, there's a sign that says 159 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:12,350 Speaker 2: Abandoned Rear. And yeah, and the French mayor says, had 160 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:15,290 Speaker 2: apparently made a little bit of a goof and thought 161 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:16,830 Speaker 2: this sign was a cross, like you said. 162 00:09:16,850 --> 00:09:17,790 Speaker 1: I don't know. 163 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: Do we keep spinning this yarn, Ben, before we do 164 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:21,740 Speaker 2: the big reveal, or how do we do this? 165 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,020 Speaker 1: Let's set the scene just a little bit. Oh, good call. 166 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:28,540 Speaker 1: Because Patton's reading this, and, you know, he has probably 167 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,540 Speaker 1: never heard of someone with that name. And we can 168 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,260 Speaker 1: only speculate, my friends. We can only imagine, hopefully, optimistically, 169 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,410 Speaker 1: that the French mayor is– is kind of weeping, you know, 170 00:09:40,530 --> 00:09:45,700 Speaker 1: by this very straight-laced, somewhat bellicose officer, and then saying like, oh, 171 00:09:45,770 --> 00:09:49,860 Speaker 1: can you imagine the life he could have led? The inhumanity, 172 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: the inhumanity of war. He was but a youth, a child. Oh, 173 00:09:56,090 --> 00:09:57,020 Speaker 1: abandoned rear. 174 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,710 Speaker 2: Yeah, the French are known as being somewhat emotional. 175 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: Individuals, right? 176 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:04,540 Speaker 2: You know, they like to weep openly while eating cheese 177 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,380 Speaker 2: and drinking tiny cups of coffee. 178 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,820 Speaker 1: Ooh, watch out. We have a lot of French listeners. 179 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,540 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding, French listeners. Goodness gracious. We don't want 180 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:14,940 Speaker 1: to get the La Bouche contingent. 181 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 2: Hey, look, Americans only eat cheeseburgers. And drink large, big 182 00:10:19,850 --> 00:10:24,950 Speaker 2: gulp Coca-Colas. And what else do we do? We ride 183 00:10:25,070 --> 00:10:27,329 Speaker 2: Segways everywhere we go. 184 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:28,590 Speaker 1: No, I don't know. 185 00:10:28,970 --> 00:10:30,670 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to stereotype everyone. That's going to be 186 00:10:30,690 --> 00:10:31,850 Speaker 2: my new thing I'm going to do on the show. 187 00:10:31,950 --> 00:10:40,690 Speaker 1: That's your new thing? Mm-hmm. So what happened? What happened? 188 00:10:41,610 --> 00:10:44,110 Speaker 1: Could you tell us the story of abandoned rear, Noel? 189 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,780 Speaker 1: How did this grave come to pass? 190 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:51,990 Speaker 2: Oh, well, he certainly made a grave mistake in identifying 191 00:10:52,030 --> 00:10:54,990 Speaker 2: this spot as a grave because as it turns out, 192 00:10:55,010 --> 00:10:56,969 Speaker 2: the mayor had made a terrible decision. It wasn't a 193 00:10:56,990 --> 00:11:00,610 Speaker 2: grave at all, but it was a latrine, a potty, 194 00:11:01,510 --> 00:11:02,870 Speaker 2: a privy. 195 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:09,290 Speaker 1: Yes, a toilet. This latrine was dug in the woods. 196 00:11:09,590 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: It's a very common part of camp hygiene here. To 197 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: bury your, you know, your leavings. 198 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: I went to Camp Hygiene when I was a kid. 199 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:18,819 Speaker 1: It was great. 200 00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 2: They taught you how to like brush your teeth and 201 00:11:20,540 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: put on deodorant and just stay nice and fresh. 202 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: Like is the bit you went to a place named 203 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: Camp Hygiene? I went to Camp Hygiene. Oh, okay. Is 204 00:11:27,059 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: that a real thing? 205 00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 2: No. Oh, okay. It's kind of like Space Camp, but 206 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:30,940 Speaker 2: it's Camp Hygiene. 207 00:11:31,140 --> 00:11:34,340 Speaker 1: I see. Where they teach you good hygiene. Oh, man. 208 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:35,380 Speaker 1: Space Camp. 209 00:11:35,620 --> 00:11:36,260 Speaker 2: I know, dude. 210 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:37,780 Speaker 3: I really did go to Space Camp. 211 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,420 Speaker 1: I know you did. I went to Space Camp as well, Casey. 212 00:11:40,850 --> 00:11:41,730 Speaker 1: Which one did you go to? 213 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: Huntsville. 214 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I went to Huntsville as well. 215 00:11:45,179 --> 00:11:47,380 Speaker 2: Matt also went to space camp from our other show. 216 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: I have not been to space camp, only camp hygiene. 217 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,540 Speaker 3: I feel like you didn't miss very much, Noel. 218 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:51,900 Speaker 1: Really? 219 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: Did you do the gyroscope? I love the gyroscope. 220 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:58,339 Speaker 1: The gyroscope, you do the moonwalk, which is way cooler 221 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:01,700 Speaker 1: than the Michael Jackson moonwalk. Moderately cooler than the Michael 222 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: Jackson moonwalk. Contrary to what the 80s film would have 223 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,750 Speaker 1: you believe, you don't actually accidentally end up in a 224 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: space shuttle. But I learned a lot. Yeah, I learned 225 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: a lot. Did you learn how to dig a latrine, Ben? Yeah, 226 00:12:14,179 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: I did that in Boy Scouts. Okay, well, that's what 227 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: I learned in Camp Hygiene. 228 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,130 Speaker 2: And that's what they were looking at that they thought 229 00:12:20,170 --> 00:12:22,469 Speaker 2: was a grave, but it wasn't fact. What does abandoned 230 00:12:22,550 --> 00:12:26,570 Speaker 2: rear mean? Does that mean we've– I don't understand. What 231 00:12:26,610 --> 00:12:27,530 Speaker 2: is abandoned rear? 232 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:31,820 Speaker 1: That's just what someone used to describe their leavings or 233 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:35,059 Speaker 1: their latrine. Here's the thing. People find out about this 234 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: story in– Patton's autobiographical accounts, which he drew from his 235 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:46,540 Speaker 1: diary entries. And he says that the French, when they 236 00:12:46,590 --> 00:12:49,589 Speaker 1: had taken this newly dug latrine for a cross, it 237 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:52,829 Speaker 1: wasn't old. It was a freshly dug latrine. He decided 238 00:12:53,070 --> 00:12:55,530 Speaker 1: not to tell them the truth. So he just let 239 00:12:55,570 --> 00:12:58,190 Speaker 1: it ride or let it roll, I should say, as 240 00:12:58,230 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: he was into tanks at the time. And because he 241 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: didn't tell the residents of the town the truth about 242 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:07,870 Speaker 1: this spot, But what do you think happened? Did they 243 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,750 Speaker 1: just keep up with the grave? Because, you know, you 244 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:13,109 Speaker 1: wouldn't desecrate a grave. 245 00:13:13,210 --> 00:13:15,270 Speaker 2: No. And they had been up to that point. They 246 00:13:15,309 --> 00:13:16,060 Speaker 2: had been maintaining it. 247 00:13:16,570 --> 00:13:19,610 Speaker 1: Right, right. And since he didn't tell them, we can 248 00:13:19,690 --> 00:13:23,770 Speaker 1: only assume that they didn't randomly decide to desecrate this grave. 249 00:13:24,650 --> 00:13:29,270 Speaker 1: And now we come into a question of authenticity. Because 250 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:33,370 Speaker 1: the only record of this story is the general's autobiography. 251 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:37,390 Speaker 1: And this was incomplete at the time of his passing 252 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: in 1945. We have some questions, though. We have some questions, 253 00:13:43,220 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: and we want to hear what you all think. If 254 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: you don't have a knowledge of French or English names, 255 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:54,540 Speaker 1: then maybe, you know, like maybe you could assume the 256 00:13:54,700 --> 00:14:00,210 Speaker 1: French mayor thought abandoned rear was a name that would 257 00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:02,710 Speaker 1: be common in the U.S. But the problem with that 258 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:06,329 Speaker 1: is that the word abandon means the same thing in 259 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:10,490 Speaker 1: both French and English. Isn't that right, Casey? Abandoné, yeah. Yeah, 260 00:14:10,990 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: Casey on the case. So maybe he thought abandoned was 261 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,340 Speaker 1: a rank in the army? 262 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: Ah, that makes sense, sure. Or like a defector of 263 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:21,460 Speaker 2: some kind? 264 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,220 Speaker 1: I don't know. Interesting. Yeah, yeah, maybe it's like a 265 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,570 Speaker 1: coward's death. Right, and yet they still treated it with 266 00:14:28,010 --> 00:14:31,820 Speaker 1: the utmost respect. Didn't it also smell? How much dirt 267 00:14:31,860 --> 00:14:33,460 Speaker 1: did they put on it? You know how to dig 268 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: a latrine. You went to Camp Hygiene. Yeah. There's a 269 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:38,210 Speaker 1: science to this and there are standards. 270 00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:38,660 Speaker 2: That's right. 271 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,490 Speaker 1: You got to dig it at least five feet down. 272 00:14:41,470 --> 00:14:42,350 Speaker 1: And yeah, I don't know. 273 00:14:42,570 --> 00:14:46,330 Speaker 2: Okay. I've got to come clean. Camp Hygiene is not 274 00:14:46,350 --> 00:14:49,430 Speaker 2: a real thing and I've never dug a latrine. I've 275 00:14:49,470 --> 00:14:51,510 Speaker 2: never even pooped outdoors, dude. Sorry. 276 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: That you remember? That I remember. That I remember. Yeah. 277 00:14:56,170 --> 00:14:58,110 Speaker 1: You're not a camper? You don't like to go camping? 278 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,950 Speaker 2: Well, look, I want to be more of a camper. 279 00:15:00,990 --> 00:15:03,230 Speaker 2: I want to be more of an outdoorsman. I am 280 00:15:03,590 --> 00:15:07,030 Speaker 2: trying to meet somebody in my private life who's really 281 00:15:07,070 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 2: into that because I tend to, you know, broaden my 282 00:15:10,630 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: horizons when I'm kind of like. 283 00:15:12,740 --> 00:15:15,930 Speaker 1: Do what the SO does. Do what the SO does, exactly. Yeah, exactly. 284 00:15:15,980 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: That's how I accidentally ended up vegetarian for like a decade. Nice. 285 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,490 Speaker 1: But I went back. Yeah. I went back. Meat's great. Actually, 286 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:28,110 Speaker 1: this is unrelated, but, you know, did I ever tell 287 00:15:28,130 --> 00:15:31,290 Speaker 1: you when I stopped becoming a vegetarian? Well, you had 288 00:15:31,310 --> 00:15:33,590 Speaker 1: become one at that point, I assume. I had been 289 00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:37,630 Speaker 1: one for several years, and then I started eating meat 290 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,970 Speaker 1: again when I was in Central America. Because where I 291 00:15:41,010 --> 00:15:44,010 Speaker 1: was living, you know, people are being very gracious, making 292 00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:46,820 Speaker 1: you dinner or something. And it's very, I think it's 293 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,620 Speaker 1: very privileged and pretty inconsiderate. To tell somebody that's worked 294 00:15:50,660 --> 00:15:52,870 Speaker 1: very hard on something, especially if they don't have a 295 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:55,890 Speaker 1: lot to go around anyway, to be like, I'm too 296 00:15:55,950 --> 00:15:58,730 Speaker 1: good for this food that you've lovingly given me. Yeah, 297 00:15:58,790 --> 00:15:59,690 Speaker 1: I've got scruples. 298 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:03,190 Speaker 2: I can't have scruples when it comes to being prepared 299 00:16:03,230 --> 00:16:05,930 Speaker 2: a nice meal. No, no, it's a very good point. 300 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: You know, it's like, I mean, especially when you're in 301 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:10,500 Speaker 2: another country, you're trying to honor customs. It's very, maybe 302 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 2: if you don't even speak the language super well, it's 303 00:16:12,020 --> 00:16:14,900 Speaker 2: really hard to explain this without sounding like a kind 304 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:16,020 Speaker 2: of an elitist jerk. 305 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,470 Speaker 1: Exactly. And maybe this is similar to– see, you thought 306 00:16:19,490 --> 00:16:21,970 Speaker 1: we weren't going anywhere with this, folks. But this is 307 00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:25,050 Speaker 1: not just a tangent. Maybe Patton was in a similar 308 00:16:25,130 --> 00:16:32,030 Speaker 1: situation where he said– because, again, the French mayor is pre-clemped. 309 00:16:32,410 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: He's very upset. He's lacrimose would be a good word 310 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: for it. So maybe Patton says, it might be awkward 311 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,620 Speaker 1: for me to explain to this guy that this is 312 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:44,950 Speaker 1: clearly not a grave. 313 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:45,050 Speaker 2: Yeah. 314 00:16:45,790 --> 00:16:49,940 Speaker 1: I don't want to upset him even further. That's right. Yeah. 315 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:52,940 Speaker 1: I think the official term is shithole. Or I guess 316 00:16:53,020 --> 00:16:57,410 Speaker 1: maybe technically like a shith trough or a shith barrow. 317 00:16:57,630 --> 00:16:58,130 Speaker 1: A trough? 318 00:16:58,470 --> 00:17:02,030 Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. A barrow implies mobility though, right? 319 00:17:02,650 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 1: Like a wheelbarrow? Well, one of the old terms for 320 00:17:05,380 --> 00:17:08,100 Speaker 1: a barrow is a large mound of earth or stones, 321 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: but that's over the remains of the dead, so I'm 322 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:13,179 Speaker 1: probably conflating. You might be. My word of the day 323 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:15,179 Speaker 1: I walked away with for this one was lachrymose. I 324 00:17:15,220 --> 00:17:16,930 Speaker 1: love it. Which is a great word. This story doesn't 325 00:17:17,050 --> 00:17:21,109 Speaker 1: end just there, though. In 1944, during World War II, 326 00:17:21,510 --> 00:17:26,109 Speaker 1: General Patton returned to Borg, the, as you said, Casey, 327 00:17:26,150 --> 00:17:30,820 Speaker 1: the town of town, and was given a hero's welcome. 328 00:17:31,210 --> 00:17:33,230 Speaker 1: By the people who remembered him from the last time 329 00:17:33,270 --> 00:17:37,820 Speaker 1: he was there in 1917. And he relived memories. He 330 00:17:37,859 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: went to his old office. He went to where he 331 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: used to live back when he wasn't a huge deal general. 332 00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: And then he said, wow, in 1944, the village is 333 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:57,470 Speaker 1: still respectfully maintaining the grave of abandoned rear. Here's my question, Ben. Yeah. 334 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 2: Would it have been more polite– And ultimately less humiliating 335 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,740 Speaker 2: to just tell the guy, tell the townsman, townspeople, that 336 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,420 Speaker 2: it was in fact that they had made a mistake. 337 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:09,959 Speaker 2: So they didn't just keep up this charade for all 338 00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:13,970 Speaker 2: these lo these many years. What's more humiliating? You know, 339 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:18,290 Speaker 2: a moment of embarrassment or a lifetime of, you know, 340 00:18:18,350 --> 00:18:21,030 Speaker 2: maintaining a latrine as though it were a grave. 341 00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:23,310 Speaker 1: I would say even further, what if the town of 342 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:27,130 Speaker 1: Borg is still doing this? What if he never told them? 343 00:18:27,150 --> 00:18:29,260 Speaker 2: You don't think they read Snopes in Borg? 344 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,780 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. But yeah, Snopes does 345 00:18:32,859 --> 00:18:41,230 Speaker 1: have an interesting article on this. There was one last 346 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:43,869 Speaker 1: piece of speculation regarding how the mayor could have thought 347 00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:49,409 Speaker 1: it was a fallen soldier. Maybe the soldiers were in 348 00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: a hurry and the soldier's last name was Rear. That 349 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: was their surname. And they just abandoned them there. And 350 00:18:58,890 --> 00:19:00,460 Speaker 1: then so it would be like, you know, the same 351 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:03,820 Speaker 1: thing as abandoned pegram. I still think that's a stretch. 352 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:06,860 Speaker 1: I don't know what led the mayor to believe this. 353 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: And it's not clear whether Patton felt sorry for the 354 00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:13,770 Speaker 1: mayor or whether he just privately thought it was hilarious. 355 00:19:14,369 --> 00:19:17,670 Speaker 2: The Snopes article does point out a really nice sort 356 00:19:17,730 --> 00:19:21,770 Speaker 2: of ironic little twist to the story of abandoned rear 357 00:19:22,130 --> 00:19:26,530 Speaker 2: that involves the general's own. battle record, let's say. He 358 00:19:26,550 --> 00:19:30,420 Speaker 2: was only ever injured in battle once during the Meuse-Argonne 359 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:37,780 Speaker 2: Offensive of September 1918, where he and five other foot 360 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:42,590 Speaker 2: soldiers were charging into machine gun fire. And he was 361 00:19:42,609 --> 00:19:45,209 Speaker 2: the only one that survived. No, actually, four of his 362 00:19:45,230 --> 00:19:48,330 Speaker 2: companions were killed. One of them was okay. He got 363 00:19:48,390 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 2: hit in the thigh and this is from his memoir. Quote, 364 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,460 Speaker 2: It came out just at the crack of my bottom, 365 00:19:54,859 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 2: about two inches to the left of my rectum. Yeah, 366 00:19:59,020 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: that's what he said. The doctor said that, quote, he 367 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 2: can't see how the bullet went where it did without 368 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: crippling me for life. He says he could not have 369 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 2: run a probe without getting either the hip joint, sciatic nerve, 370 00:20:13,859 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 2: or the big artery, yet none of these were touched. 371 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: Fate again. 372 00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:21,350 Speaker 2: I have never had any pain and can walk perfectly. 373 00:20:21,890 --> 00:20:27,090 Speaker 1: So it makes me think of that million-dollar injury, the 374 00:20:27,130 --> 00:20:29,450 Speaker 1: way they would describe it in the Vietnam War or something. 375 00:20:30,109 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: Like in Forrest Gump, you win the lottery once, by 376 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,570 Speaker 1: getting shot in a way that takes you out of 377 00:20:35,590 --> 00:20:38,630 Speaker 1: the war zone, but doesn't ruin your life. I think 378 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:41,550 Speaker 1: Forrest also got shot in the keister. In the buttocks. Yeah. Yeah. 379 00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:45,649 Speaker 2: And he shows it to the, to the president in that, uh, 380 00:20:45,790 --> 00:20:48,530 Speaker 2: really pretty well doctored CGI footage. 381 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. He showed his buttocks to, um, Lyndon Johnson, right? 382 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,420 Speaker 1: I think because Johnson says he'd like to see his 383 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: gunshot wound. Oh, also this goes back to our old 384 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,580 Speaker 1: episode on, uh, what, uh, terrible person what a real 385 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,820 Speaker 1: pill lyndon johnson was he had i think he was 386 00:21:06,859 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: the president who had a creepy thing for scars. 387 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 2: Yeah maybe so and he also like didn't he get 388 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,190 Speaker 2: his pants uh tailored in a certain way to make 389 00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:19,330 Speaker 2: room for his bunghole wasn't he into butts as well 390 00:21:19,609 --> 00:21:21,450 Speaker 2: yeah yeah uh. 391 00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:23,830 Speaker 4: Yeah i've gotta i've gotta figure out who that was 392 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:25,530 Speaker 4: that's yeah it was lbj i just i just looked 393 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 4: at the clip on youtube there's even a reaction shot 394 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 4: where forrest kind of shows in the bullet wound and 395 00:21:31,180 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 4: uh LBJ sort of has a great reaction to it. 396 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: Damn son. Yeah, exactly. So there you have it. If 397 00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: we were to draw a moral from this story, uh, what, 398 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,719 Speaker 1: what would it be? Is it sometimes that it's the 399 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,939 Speaker 1: thought that counts? Can we say that? Like they, it's 400 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:55,050 Speaker 1: what's inside that counts. Yeah, there we go. Uh, because 401 00:21:55,070 --> 00:21:57,590 Speaker 1: the community of the town thought they were doing the 402 00:21:57,630 --> 00:22:00,550 Speaker 1: right thing, but what was actually inside was not the, um, 403 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: the fallen soldier they were expecting. You know what this 404 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: makes me think? I would love to hear more about 405 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:12,420 Speaker 1: strange monuments, strange statues. There's so many. I had been 406 00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:15,330 Speaker 1: talking off air with some of my friends before, I 407 00:22:15,369 --> 00:22:17,629 Speaker 1: think with you guys as well in the past, about 408 00:22:18,130 --> 00:22:22,770 Speaker 1: the idea of getting a statue built to yourself. Like 409 00:22:22,810 --> 00:22:26,950 Speaker 1: who does that? Isn't that something where someone else should 410 00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:30,490 Speaker 1: build the statue for you? Like they should spontaneously love 411 00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:34,330 Speaker 1: your work Totally. Back when our office was in Buckhead, 412 00:22:34,390 --> 00:22:36,810 Speaker 1: which is a different neighborhood from where we are currently based, 413 00:22:37,250 --> 00:22:40,460 Speaker 1: there was a statue for, I believe, the founder of 414 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,659 Speaker 1: the Peace Corps, which was between our office and the 415 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,780 Speaker 1: Toys R Us. Did you ever walk that way, Casey? 416 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:46,900 Speaker 1: Do you remember what I'm talking about? 417 00:22:48,140 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 3: I don't remember the Peace Corps guy statue. I remember 418 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,490 Speaker 3: there's a Michael Stipe. 419 00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:55,750 Speaker 1: The foxes. Yeah. A bunch of foxes. That's right. Yeah. Oh, man, 420 00:22:55,790 --> 00:22:58,390 Speaker 1: we need more statues here. I'm a big fan of statues. 421 00:22:58,630 --> 00:22:58,850 Speaker 1: Me too. 422 00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: In my hometown, there's a true-to-life James Brown statue because 423 00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:04,859 Speaker 2: that's where he was born. But he appears very short, 424 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 2: but apparently is his exact size. 425 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 1: It's weird. At a town where a lot of my 426 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:15,300 Speaker 1: family's from, my grandfather actually made tons of the statues 427 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: around town, like the ones in banks and in airports 428 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,139 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. I think he made some busts 429 00:23:21,180 --> 00:23:23,550 Speaker 1: of U.S. presidents too, but I don't know if he 430 00:23:23,609 --> 00:23:27,430 Speaker 1: ever met Lyndon Johnson. I'll have to find out and 431 00:23:27,670 --> 00:23:30,869 Speaker 1: update if we can find any more weird presidential or 432 00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:34,430 Speaker 1: Patton-esque trivia. In the meantime, let us all take this 433 00:23:34,530 --> 00:23:37,419 Speaker 1: as a lesson in your neck of the global woods. 434 00:23:38,020 --> 00:23:43,179 Speaker 1: If you have a mysterious local monument, do some digging. 435 00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:45,860 Speaker 1: Maybe not literal. That might be illegal. But do some 436 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,770 Speaker 1: research and see if it is, in fact, what it 437 00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:50,430 Speaker 1: purports to be. Agreed. 438 00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:53,030 Speaker 2: If you want to tell us some stories about some 439 00:23:53,090 --> 00:23:56,310 Speaker 2: grave mix-ups... You can write to us at ridiculous at 440 00:23:56,410 --> 00:23:59,910 Speaker 2: iheartradio.com or you can hit us up on our Facebook group, 441 00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:02,429 Speaker 2: which is The Ridiculous Historians. I think all you have 442 00:24:02,450 --> 00:24:04,460 Speaker 2: to do is answer a very simple question, which is 443 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: who are. 444 00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:07,100 Speaker 1: The hosts of Ridiculous History? 445 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:08,820 Speaker 2: It could be me. It could be Ben. 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