“A few of them fire their pieces. At first they do so almost timidly, as if fearing a rebuke for wasting ammunition when they do not see the enemy. Others do nothing. Some fail to act mainly because they are puzzled what to do and their leaders do not tell them; others are wholly unnerved and can neither think nor move in sensible relation to the situation.”

— S.L.A. Marshall

Combat Isolation. p. 48.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command (1947)

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