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| - Welcome to the levels section of Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. This book belongs to: Lieut. Col. S.L.A. Marshall, Inf. History Branch, G-2, WD6S Washington, D.C. and should be returned to: Lieut. Col. S.L.A. Marshall, Inf. H.Q.ETOUSA, United States Army With the support of General Taylor and with the unreserved help, and even the enthusiasm of his unit commanders, we undertook these researches principally to find out what happens to parachute battalions in the course of collecting for battle. The Battalion Commanders themselves wanted to know. SLAMarshall
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| - Welcome to the levels section of Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. This book belongs to: Lieut. Col. S.L.A. Marshall, Inf. History Branch, G-2, WD6S Washington, D.C. and should be returned to: Lieut. Col. S.L.A. Marshall, Inf. H.Q.ETOUSA, United States Army This narrative was begun on 11 July 1944 and the last work was done on 29 July, at which time the HO began work on 82nd's operation. The narrative is not complete. As much was done as was possible in the time available, the HO getting no assistance in the work. The notes do cover, in main, the principal operations of the parachute regiments, including the drop and assembly details of most of the chief elements. Other groups were passed up. So too was the work in detail of the glider units, engineers, artillery, medical corps, and others. There is nothing here about planning and preparation. The reasons are obvious. Some of this material may be recovered later on. With the support of General Taylor and with the unreserved help, and even the enthusiasm of his unit commanders, we undertook these researches principally to find out what happens to parachute battalions in the course of collecting for battle. The Battalion Commanders themselves wanted to know. At the conclusion of two weeks of this work, it seemed perfectly clear that there is more to be learned in small unit action from the study of a parachute battalion during any 72 hrs than from an average line battalion in a month of fighting. SLAMarshall
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