[llevrok]

The platoon on the CH-47 that was shot down was a monument to the low quality of our officers at the command level.

Recall at the end of WW1, officers were ordering charges and assults knowing the war was to be declared over in hours. Thousands lost. All to bump up their prestige as battle commanders.

[wordsofearnest]

Talk to anybody from Darby’s Rangers and ask them how General Mark Clark used them in Italy.