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Re: In A Perfect Game: SG/DS/RPG's - Experience Vs. Training

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:04:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: In A Perfect Game: SG/DS/RPG's - Experience Vs. Training


--- Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Llaneza Wrote:
> >
> >I think John's point was that the british units had
> been in almost
> >constant combat without losing morale.
> 
> Actually, according to John, some did.  But it took

A lot of them did.  Among some line units of British
infantry there was a strong desire not to be the last
Brit killed in WWII.  Which made them almost useless
in a standup fight.

> a lot longer than it 
> took US units in Viet Nam.  His point was probably
> more along the lines of 
> "You never can tell,"  although many factors weigh
> in.

That's the short version.
 
John

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