Today, Jim Thorpe was reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic men's pentathlon gold medal. That same year, George S. Patton, later of WWII fame, also placed 4th in the 1912 Olympic modern pentathlon. Did Thorpe and Patton ever interact with each other? If so, to what degree?
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