10 to 20 percent of a modern army actually experiences combat fighting, 'holding the shitty end of the stick.' Not many are willing to talk about it. Most saw buddies die while they survived.
On 7/22/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My experience is that most of those who have held the shitty end of the stick > don't like to talk about it. The few who do seem to be the type who become > mercenaries. Most of the rest of the story tellers tended to be on the fringe > of things, seems like having your buddies splattered all over you causes long > term mental anguish for the survivors. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Bill, > > It isn't that kind of a book. The book recounts the history of the > > individual flag raisers before and after the picture. The funeral > > director guy joined the Navy to stay out of the ground war. His > > beginning training in Undertaking got him into the medical corps and > > then the units training for Iwo Jima. They were all just kids > > straight out of the '40's. > > Most of them didn't fare well after the flag raising. The three who > > came back for the war bonds tour survived, but only the Wisconsin > > undertaker thrived. Their lives were sadly colored by the experience. > > It's the kind of thing that haunts you with a lifetime of nightmares. > > Regards, BobS. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
