Brécourt Manor Assault

[ReluctantSamurai]

If you have never been shot at I can assure you it is a very sobering experience. It brings your own mortality into clear focus, particularly if it is a machinegun.

You seem to have declared your self an expert on the US Army and its working but so far as I am aware you have never served and are not a combat veteran.

I also feel it is suspicious that so many are willing to claim that Winters exagerrated his account of the battle when it is doubtful any of them ever say any real combat themselves.

I've been lurking this thread since it started, and in truth, I have no passion either way in the matter. I do, however, take issue with these kinds of statements when folks who have put in their tour of duty start looking down upon those who may not. I certainly don't mean to belittle service to ones country, and have the utmost admiration for those who have, especially if they have seen combat.

However...I don't see this as a license to criticize someone who may or may not have served, and it certainly is not a valid criteria, at least in my book, of one's ability to assess an event that happened during a military operation in any time period. If that was the case, then we can throw out the works of quite a few military historians.

I realize my comments are off-topic and so please accept my apologies for that. It's been an informative discussion for me in that I was never aware of this operation before. From what I've seen, PJ does his 'homework' quite well, and presents his case with careful thought and good references, something often lacking in discussions of military history on the internet, these days.

And for that, he has my respect, whether he's served or not...........