Why wasn't the convoy protected? Why didn't the convoy commander turn his vehicles around in the desert outside of the town? What was the training regimen of the 507th?
This is another example why people are so upset with this over glorification of Jessie - it's media-driven pop gibberish. The real questions like the ones you've raised aren't addressed. That's the first thing I noticed when reading the official report. It stood out to me that they were undermanned, I mean the whole fighting force, not just the 507th. They did not have all the firepower you'd expect to protect the supply line. I don't know if this is the thread to get off into these issues, but the Jessie story and women in combat angle can be explored. One woman does not equal one man, so we actually have less of a fighting force over there than is being said.
My sentiments exactly. Did they even have one crew-serve weapon? Did they have any infantry carried anti-tank weapons? A couple of those stupid T-54s could have made mincemeat of that convoy.
As to women in the service, my reserve unit has some really top-notch females who really know their stuff, but I know for a fact that none of them could drag my 6'4" 225lb frame out of a burning Humvee.