i cant speak from personal experience, but based on my reading about war, and i have read hundreds of books about it, i believe that if you take a person at random from the united states, put them through the standard military training, and put them into a battle situation, very very few will fail to perform.

once you are in the group and you get to know your fellow soldiers, you do not want to let them down. and when the time comes, you fight. there are exceptions, but mostly we fight.

patriotism is just a small thing compared to the dedication to your fellow soldiers at the time of battle stress.

once you are in there you just want to survive and for your fellows to survive. and you will pretty much do whatever it takes for that to happen.

tom w

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