 The scene where General Truscott tells Patton "Your an old athlete  yourself General, you know matches are sometimes postponed". Patton  actually had represented the U.S.A. at the 1912 Olympic Games in  Stockholm by competing in the Modern Pentathlon. Patton finished a  credible fifth in the competition. Remarkably it was the shooting  element that let him down. In true Patton style he used his military  .38 revolver instead of the lighter .22 favored by most of the  athletes. Patton was also an expert fencer. He re