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Old 06-07-2011, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mohoender View Post
Those US troopers who sacrificed their chocolate as they were advancing through the villages of France, Belgium...
*GASP*
No, not the chocolate!!!!

Seriously though, soldiers are used in civil defence situations far more that combat (in most civilised countries anyway) even though barely trained for the tasks given them. More acts of bravery and kindness can be found in these situations than in all the battlefields of history combined - but we don't hear about it because it's not as "newsworthy" as somebody earning a VC for killing/capturing 30 of the enemy while armed with nothing more than a knife and his boots.
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