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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I was not aware of all of the medals that he received from his World War I service, except for one--the one resulting from a charge that he led against the Germans (probably ensconced in a trench) armed with machine guns (I don't understand the purpose of this--it reminds me of the ridiculous bonsai charges of Japanese in World War II, which usually resulted only in heaps of dead Japanese). Many of his men fell, mortally wounded. He, himself, was injured, and bleeding. Finally, after five hours lying in that condition, he was carried away to a field hospital on, if I remember correctly, some kind of canvas mat.
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You should look at the history of WWI. 65 million men were mobilized.Over 57% of them died. 37 million casualties. 19.7 million wounded. There were 7.7 million POWs missing in WWI. Massed charges were the rule of the day in WWI.
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