Your source is in error. The WWI and WWII hero was "Jr."
His father changed his middle name from William to Smith, and
therefore was not a "Jr."

The Biographical Dictionary of World War II confirms that the famous
(infamous, if you prefer) general was George Smith Patton, Junior.

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