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WAS GEE S PATTON GAY
He asked his chief of staff, Major General Hobart “Hap” Gay, who was stg next to him, to b his fgers. When Gay did so, Patton barked, “Go ahead Hap, work my fgers. Behd them are Beatrice’s brother, Frerick Ayer, and Major General Hobart “Hap” Gay, who was wh Patton at the time of his r accint.
On the eighth, Hap Gay, lookg to lift Patton’s spirs, suggted the two of them drive out to an area wt of Speyer for some pheasant huntg. Gay, who saw what was g, said, “S tight. Neher driver was hurt and Gay suffered only slight bis.
Patton’s first qutn was if Gay and Woodrg were hurt.
1965: GEN. HOBART GAY, PATTON’S CHIEF OF STAFF, FOUGHT 12 CAMPAIGNS
” Gay, regnizg that Patton was badly jured, told him not to move while they lled for help. Hobart Gay, and his operatns officer, Col.