“‘They oughta learn them guys’ is that favorite beef you hear from combat veterans when they talk about replacements who have just joined their outfits…the average replacement doesn’t know enough about the weapons an infantryman uses. ‘He usually knows enough about one or two weapons…but he should know them all. He may know how to use and take care of the M1 or carbine, but if you need a BARman or machine-gunner quick, you’re up a creek.'”
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Five years after the war, many infantry training camps had to reopen…
Statistical data concerning the U.S. Army casualties in June and July of 1944 can be read in this article.
