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Originally Posted by Seaver
Easy Company is a GREAT example for our military.
The purpose of a Unit is to get the job done. Only secondary to that is get it done with the least amount of casualties OR in the allotted time (depends on the situation), and teritry is civilian casualties/etc.
They got the job done. Did they get 150% casualties compared to most units? Yeah. But soldiers die in battle, it seems soldiers are the only ones left in America that realize this.
And other areas in WWII that people complained:
the Shermans who couldnt punch through German tank armor, yet would be torn apart by their guns.
Bomber corps flying/bombing Germany without proper escort
Submarines going out to fight with torpedoes with +50% dud rate
Fighters going up with only 5sec of ammo because not enough were available to go around
Not having proper cold-weather clothing (already presented)
Having Green painted tanks in the desert (hit me signs)
Carpet bombing our own troops the first few tries
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I could go on. Complaints never stopped during WWII. Yes these were justified, but there were many many more that were just that, complaints. The heat, the cold (outside of frostbite), of VD, of the same food over and over, etc. As long as they can still complete their mission that's all that matters from a military perspective.
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Thanks for reminding me about the torpedo debacle.
Oy vey, their was one battle where the Japanese boat was disabled and the US sub kept shooting and shooting and *thunk!* every time, the torp wouldn't detonate. The sub finally ran out of torpedos and the ship escaped.
And you forgot that whole scene from SPR concerning the gliders. That shit wasn't made up. Not only were they scattered all over the place, but they thought those hedges in France were little things (based on the air pics) and that the gliders would just roll over them. Too bad they were in actuality 10-12 feet high in places...
Oh yeah, there were some tremendous foul-ups.