And you know this how?
He was the guy who typed the letters for the officers to sign. He saw just about everything that went on in his unit. So if he was an idiot he misunderstood what he was seeing. Unlikely. If he was full of crap, then he was intentionally lying. Not sure why he would make that kind of stuff up.
I went TDY to Ft Hood (a place in Texas, not hell) for a mixed force exercise in 1973 (yes, I am that old) and were told repeatedly to be very careful on where we chose to sleep - to avoid being run over by a tank/APC. We chose to sleep on top on my Mk-45 commo van.
Further, while we were there, a body, in a sleeping bag (and yes, it was in a rut from a tracked vehicle) was discovered. The soldier had gone missing on an earlier exercise (over a year prior) and with little investigation, he was listed as a deserter.
The war in RVN, rampart drug use and a host of other issues all contributed to the death rate.
And yes, stupidity can be fatal.
Anecdotes do not equal data, I know.
I went TDY to Ft Hood (a place in Texas, not hell) for a mixed force exercise in 1973 (yes, I am that old) and were told repeatedly to be very careful on where we chose to sleep - to avoid being run over by a tank/APC. We chose to sleep on top on my Mk-45 commo van.
Further, while we were there, a body, in a sleeping bag (and yes, it was in a rut from a tracked vehicle) was discovered. The soldier had gone missing on an earlier exercise (over a year prior) and with little investigation, he was listed as a deserter.
The war in RVN, rampart drug use and a host of other issues all contributed to the death rate.
And yes, stupidity can be fatal.
Anecdotes do not equal data, I know.