Thanks for posting. I was surprised by the article’s statement that the average GI in WW II saw 40 days of combat. Does that sound right to the people on Freerepublic?
For every guy on the front line there are seven support guys.
War is a bunch of, get stuff, pack stuff, move stuff, deliver stuff, get yelled at because you have the wrong stuff and filling out paper work.
Lots of people never see a day of combat. And then there were those other poor souls.
But yeah, 40 sounds about right.