On December 21st, 1945 this US General died from injuries suffered not in battle but in a freak car accident. Often referred to as "Old Blood and Guts", this general came from a long line of military men including his grandfather who was a Civil War hero. He graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1909, and then went on to serve in the Tank Corps during WWI. Although his mouth would sometimes get him in trouble he did prove to be an excellent commander during WWII where his 7th US Army would go on to capture Palermo, Sicily in 1943 and later in 1944 he employed an unorthodox strategy that involved a 90-degree pivoting move of his 3rd Army forces, enabling him to speedily relieve the besieged Allied defenders of Bastogne, Belgium. Name this General!