Dear Richard: I agree with you when you say that Mark Clark and Mac Arthur were glory hogs. I had an uncle who served under Mac, and he hated the man. Admirals Chester Nimitz, "Bull" Halsey, and Frank Jack Fletcher, didn't like Mac either. If it even matters-Patton hated Macs name.

Mark Clarks problem was that he was an A*****E. He was a glory hound and thought he was "IT" as a General. Thats not so bad when you compare his ego with Macs ego. At least Mark Clark didn't think he was God.

Mark Clark made a few really big and dumb errors. For instance "The Bombing of Monte Cassino" ~~~and~~~ "The Battle of San Pietro" which were basically--massacres of allied soldiers.

You can put Mac/Monty and Clark into the same catagory-they all had huge egos. The differences were that Mac-and Clark, kept chargiong forward, while Monty would take his sweet time, finally win some ground, and then "tidy" his battlelines by pulling back units just to straighten his lines on the maps. In the meantime, the Germans would filter in what they could, and retake ground without cost.

American commanders figured that if you captured ground, why give it up? Why should they pay for the same ground twice? It doesn't make sense to lose more men to regain what you had, had then not been pulled back.

If you think I have a hate campaign for Monty-I do not. Even the Brit Paras-The Red Devils, have admitted that the Brit FM and Generals betrayed them at Arnhem.

Hope I haven't offended you, its not meant. Take care.