They think it is based on fear of being in an environment. For me and for a lot of other leaders, that's not it at all. As Howie knows. My battalion, we did the ground war, went in with 5th Corps, my battalion, 2/3 of it I cross attached to mostly the 3rd ID. ended up having folks up with 101st in Missoula. We kind of fought our way north. So I had the corps rear CP with my battalion headquarters supporting that and some of the, you know, field artillery elements. (14:37–14:47)
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