乔治·巴顿掌掴事件
原文注解

↑  原话是：“The front lines seem to be thinning out. There seems to be a very large number of 'malingerers' at the hospitals, feigning illness in order to avoid combat duty.”
↑  原文是：“It has come to my attention that a very small number of soldiers are going to the hospital on the pretext that they are nervously incapable of combat. Such men are cowards and bring discredit on the army and disgrace to their comrades, whom they heartlessly leave to endure the dangers of battle while they, themselves, use the hospital as a means of escape. You will take measures to see that such cases are not sent to the hospital but dealt with in their units. Those who are not willing to fight will be tried by court-martial for cowardice in the face of the enemy.”
↑  原文是：“psychoneurosis anxiety state, moderately severe (soldier has been twice before in hospital within ten days. He can't take it at the front, evidently. He is repeatedly returned.)”
↑  原话是：“I guess I can't take it.”
↑  原话是：“Don't admit this son-of-a-bitch”
↑  原话是：“You hear me, you gutless bastard? You're going back to the front.”
↑  原文是：“at the time it happened, [Patton] was pretty well worn out ... I think he was suffering a little battle fatigue himself.”
↑  原文是：“just forget about it”
↑  原文是：“[I met] the only errant coward I have ever seen in this Army. Companies should deal with such men, and if they shirk their duty, they should be tried for cowardice and shot.”
↑  原文是：“There are always a certain number of such weaklings in any Army, and I suppose the modern doctor is correct in classifying them as ill and treating them as such. However, the man with malaria doesn't pass his condition on to his comrades as rapidly as does the man with cold feet nor does malaria have the lethal effect that the latter has.”
↑  原文是：“could not sleep and was nervous.”
↑  原文是：He was sent down to the rear echelon by a battery aid man and there the medical aid man gave him some medicine which made him sleep, but still he was nervous and disturbed. On the next day the medical officer ordered him to be evacuated, although the boy begged not to be evacuated because he did not want to leave his unit.
↑  原文是：“It's my nerves”
↑  原话是：“I can't stand the shelling anymore.”
↑  原话是：“Your nerves, hell, you are just a goddamned coward. Shut up that goddamned crying. I won't have these brave men who have been shot at seeing this yellow bastard sitting here crying.”
↑  原文是：“You're going back to the front lines and you may get shot and killed, but you're going to fight. If you don't, I'll stand you up against a wall and have a firing squad kill you on purpose. In fact, I ought to shoot you myself, you goddamned whimpering coward.”
↑  原话是：“I can't help it, it makes my blood boil to think of a yellow bastard being babied”
↑  原话是：“I won't have those cowardly bastards hanging around our hospitals. We'll probably have to shoot them some time anyway, or we'll raise a breed of morons.”
↑  原文是：“Mistreatment of Patients in Receiving Tents of the 15th and 93rd Evacuation Hospitals”
↑  原文是：“I clearly understand that firm and drastic measures are at times necessary in order to secure the desired objectives. But this does not excuse brutality, abuse of the sick, nor exhibition of uncontrollable temper in front of subordinates.”
↑  原文是：“I feel that the personal services you have rendered the United States and the Allied cause during the past weeks are of incalculable value; but nevertheless if there is a very considerable element of truth in the allegations accompanying this letter, I must so seriously question your good judgement and your self-discipline as to raise serious doubts in my mind as to your future usefulness.”
↑  原话是：“a great general”
↑  原话是：“at the time, he didn't know how sick I was.”
↑  原文是：“no apology at all, an attempt to justify what he had done.”
↑  原文是：“falsely representing his condition.”
↑  原文是：“It is rather a commentary on justice when an Army commander has to soft-soap a skulker to placate the timidity of those above.”
↑  原话是：“No, general, no, no”
↑  原文是：“to exhibit some of those unfortunate traits of which you and I have always known.”
↑  原文是：“because fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great military commander that he will ruthlessly suppress any habit of his that will tend to jeopardize it.”
↑  原话是：“duck down or the shells would hit him”
↑  原话是：“Patton struck the soldier, knocking him down.”
↑  原文是：“the toughest, most hard boiled General in the U.S. Army ... but he's quite sweet, really.”
↑  原文是：“tough perfectionist”
↑  原文是：He had been known to weep at men's graves—as well as tear their hides off. The deed is done and the mistake made, and I'm sure Georgie is sorrier and has punished himself more than anyone could possibly realize. I've known George Patton for 31 years and I've never known him to be deliberately unfair. He's made mistakes—and he's paid for them. This was a big mistake, and he's paying a big price for it.
↑  原话是：“despicable incident”
↑  原话是：“amazed and chagrined”
↑  原话是：“hard boiled officers”
↑  原话是：“too much blood and guts”
↑  原文是：“indignant about the publicity given a trifling incident”
↑  原文是：“whatever [Patton] did”
↑  原文是：“justified by the provocation. Such cowards used to be shot, now they are only encouraged.”
↑  原话是：“sensation mongerer”
↑  原文是：“aggressive, winning leadership in the bitter battles which are to come before final victory.”
↑  原文是：“If this thing ever gets out, they'll be howling for Patton's scalp, and that will be the end of Georgie's service in this war. I simply cannot let that happen. Patton is indispensable to the war effort – one of the guarantors of our victory.”