General Patton’s Disastrous Mission To Save His Son-in-Law

Task Force Baum

(Public domain)

In 1943 during fighting around Sidi bou Zid, the Germans managed to capture a man by the name of John K. Waters. At the time, Waters was just one of the dozens of officers that were falling into German hands in Tunisia. But Waters was not just another officer; he was the son-in-law of the commanding general George Patton. Waters had…