“SANG ET TRIPE”
— l ■■■ ■ , • PATTON'S SOBRIQUET FRENCH STRUGGLE' WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE '* (Rec. 8 a.m.) PARIS, August 20. French editors struggled heroically to give General Patton his sobriquet, “ Blood and Guts,” when he arrived on Friday to restore the French army flags which were captured by the Germans. One published version was “ Sang et Tripe,” another “ Sang et Boyeaux” (“ Blood and Bowels”).
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Evening Star, Issue 25567, 21 August 1945, Page 5
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