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...regimental commander realistically summed up Ridgway's effect on the new Eighth Army: "He not only made us attack but he made us win. He made this into a professional army. The boys aren't up there fighting for democracy now. They are fighting because the platoon leader is leading them and the platoon leader is fighting because of the command, and so on right up to the top." A Pointer Is Stationary. Well into 1942, after the other officers of the 82nd Division had switched to jeeps, Ridgway reviewed troops mounted on a horse. The grenade that...
...dawn, the G.I.s and French counterattacked. Three times ist Lieut. Richard Kotite's platoon was thrown back from an enemy hill position. Then fighter planes dropped napalm on the Reds. Said Kotite: "We picked them off like ducks...
...that infantrymen can reckon on. Last week, in a heavy snowstorm, U.S. troops near Yoju edgily waited for a Communist attack. Then, as they heard the muted rustle of outgoing shells through the curtain of the snow, they relaxed. "That's what I like about those gunners," a platoon sergeant said. "Any hour, any weather, always on the ball...
...Platoon Leader Class, involving two six-week summer camp stints, is open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. An 18-week Officer Candidate Class is open only to seniors and graduates. Twenty-twenty uncorrected vision is required for both programs...
Said the captain to the platoon: "I can teach you how to fight. Listen to Smith read TIME as you march and you'll know why you're fighting." Wrote Rookie Smith: "Our platoon now boasts that it is the only one that can march and simultaneously study the enemy firsthand, via TIME...