Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

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Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall was a military journalist and historian from Catskill, New York. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I before becoming a journalist, specializing in military affairs.

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Notable works: Battles In The Monsoon Campaigning In The Central Highlands, South Vietnam, Summer 1966

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Quotes by Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases... found that fear of killing, rather than fear of being killed, was the…

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Antiwar

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Also remember that in any man's dark hour, a pat on the back and an earnest handclasp may work a small miracle.

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Dark

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Battles are won through the ability of men to express concrete ideas in clear and unmistakable language.

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Ability

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A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at all times greater than his personal pride,…

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All time

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The starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature.

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Human nature

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An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to…

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Answers

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The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual…

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Combat

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The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of…

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Art

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The battlefield is cold... it is the lonesomest place which men share together.

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Battlefields

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Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of any soldier for his weapon or any…

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Artillery

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At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector.

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Conscientious objectors

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