Saints and Soldiers

[Walt's Daughter]

I was watching the History Channel's Color of War recently and one thing I remembered was that the average Combat Soldier in WWII fired his weapon approximately once every six or seven days: " Long periods of boredom and fatigue punctuated by moments of intense fear."

 

D.Daddy

 

Yes, I've heard that FAMOUS quote before too. Yes, you have to imagine that a soldier was there for 6 months, a year, three years, or more during WWII, and many times went through very long periods of hiding, waiting, watching, and then BAM. Virtually every vet I talked to said the same thing. Long periods of in between, and then the hardest, longest days of their lives. It is hard to imagine. We can only appreciate from our end.