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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:21:21 EST
Excuse me! The S. L. A. Marshall study to which you refer; the one that slammed the American Army infantryman for not firing, has been debunked as based on pure fantasy by no less a person than SLAM;s #2. Training does work and ammunition depletion was a problem for front line units. Although I an now guilty of failing to meet Pauls request to take this strain private, as a damn Yankee :-), I strongly protest comments by by people outside the family on this whole GD, err GC, subject. For the record, if your country has a history of dictatorship in this century, you need to research your own history, like the government death squads so prevalent SOB. As to our distant northern cousins, you still have government censorship of the press, a draconian official secrets act, and border police who stop and search any US car with an NRA decal that has the temerity to cross into Canada. In 2 weeks, those of us who remember, celebrate Veterans Day, once known as Armistice Day. So when you choose to rag on the US, remember Bois de Belleau, Chateau Thierry, Bastogne, and keep a moment of silence for the gun crazy Americans who gave their last full measure of devotion.
Rant off.
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