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'Never in the history of human combat, have so few been led by so many. '

-- General Maxwell Taylor
At one point during the Normandy invasion on D-Day in 1944, the ratio of enlisted men to officers approached an astounding level of 5 to 1.

'The badge of rank is a symbol of servitude . . . servitude to soldiers '

-- General Maxwell Taylor 'The picture of a few flaming Saigon houses, presented by a gloomy-voiced telecaster as an instance of the destruction caused in the capital, created the inevitable impression that this was the way it was in all or most of Saigon.'

-- General Maxwell Taylor - Angered by the way the media covered the Tet Offensive.


3 posted on 07/26/2003 12:02:26 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic.)
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4 posted on 07/26/2003 12:03:52 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic.)
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