you say “Assuming he was there for a year, that’s over three firefights a day, every day.
I don’t think any military unit in history has ever sustained that intensity of combat.”
Assumptions are like noses - evveryone’s got ‘em -
First if all, it was a 15 month deployment AND the most documented platoon of both theaters -
You can refer to the ABC documentary of Nov ‘07, or the mulitple Vanity Fair articles, or the NYTimes front cover feature - on & on .
Or you could GOOGLE RESTREPO and take your pick of hundreds of hits
One thing you’d find that his unit - the 173rd Aiborne is the most decorated in the history of the Army - and that they JUST recieved an additional Meritorious Unit Award - and that the first living soldier to recieve the Medal of Honor since Veit Nam, is from his platoon - and the documentary - like in totally DOCUMENTED - “Restrepo” is now up for an oscar.
It’s been shown several times on Nat Geo - shown in theaters across the country this summer and garnered many awards -
It’s availabe on DVD everywhere and on demand on line - there’s also out takes on the DVD -
It’s DOCUMENTED that they were in over 1,000 firefights during that deployment.
So the only correct assumption you can make is that your assumption is wrong - often the case when one relies only on their own ‘assumptions’ instead of facts.
Here - I’ll give you a start, if you’re concerned with facts first - over assumptions.