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John F. Lebda
I was born in the coal mining region in the hills of Pennsylvania. Before devoting myself to the defense of the world with the military, I was a hunter, trapper, woodsman, farmer, sportsman and coa...lihat lebih banyakI was born in the coal mining region in the hills of Pennsylvania. Before devoting myself to the defense of the world with the military, I was a hunter, trapper, woodsman, farmer, sportsman and coal miner where I was trained in the use of explosives. I was a pure outdoorsman.
I never had the desire to author a book, but during and after the war, I had an insatiable urge to tell the world why so many young men died because of blunders.
Inept leadership often put us in situations where we could never win, as in Kasserine Pass, Tunisia. Most generals and staff were good leaders but there were those glory hunters like Clark, Anderson, and Montgomery who had no regard for precious life. History would remember the generals but the sacrificed young lives would only appear on grave markers or perhaps a legend, 'HERE LIES IN HONORED GLORY, A SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD".lihat lebih sedikit