That is yet another great book you are reading Martin! Dale O. Smith's recollections, I found, were very frank and honest, especially the toll the war took on his personal life.

Smith was not uncontroversial (within his BG). As he assumed command, he, like many before and after him, adapted new tactics for his BG, which caused heavy losses on some occasions. I recently wrote about this with Ken Decker, a 384th BG historian who helped me with my website. A fascinating caracter and one of the indeed very few BG commanders who wrote a book about his wartime career.

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