“We had also learned many simple things about combat that war games and training can’t teach you, but can only be acquired from experience. We now knew exactly what an artillery shell sounded” — Michael Bilder Copy Share Image
“For instance, we had learned that the Germans were booby-trapping everything, and that you didn’t touch anything you couldn’t be sure of. We had… — Michael Bilder Copy Share Image
“Timing was something I had learned about as well. Early on in the fighting, we were moving on a German machine gun nest and… — Michael Bilder Copy Share Image
“We had also learned many simple things about combat that war games and training can’t teach you, but can only be acquired from experience.… — Michael Bilder Copy Share Image
“like when it was falling on our position. We learned that mortar rounds come in silently, and their use against us would only become… — Michael Bilder Copy Share Image
