Subject: Aircrew casualities
From: Guy Alcala
Date: 9/30/03 12:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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And that's the point, it all depends on the perspective of the observer. If
you're commanding an army, you may report your front "quiet, little enemy
activity
except patrols," and from your perspective you'd be right; if you happen to
be a
private in a squad that ran into an enemy patrol, had a vicious little
firefight
lasting several hours and lost two dead and six wounded (including yourself),
from
your perspective the war is anything but "quiet, little enemy activity" as
your
unit has just suffered somewhere between 66 to 100% casualties, and you'd
also be
right.

Guy




Well, let me tell you about the perspective of the observer. The best way to
"observe" mission results is to get back to your base, have a few drinks at the
OC then go count the empty bunks. Everything else is just crap.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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