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Originally Posted by natehale1971
I really hadn't thought of that... I was trying to capture the feel how it was during the second world war with soldiers who had remained PV2 from the moment they hit the beach at D-Day to V-E day. I like the fact that if you're killed in combat they automaticly promote you one paygrade before you're buried.
It makes me think about how the wartime moturay affairs would be taken care of.
Anyone here know anything about that subject?
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Yes they had steady stream of replacements, and back then there wasn't set in stone rules when people moved up from Private. Also before the end of the Vietnam War there were several more Specialist/Technical ranks which were throw back to previous times. Many times these people where promoted to E-4 to E-7 and didn't hold down a command position, the add rank was way to recognize the held a senior position, yet not give the command authority. Even much like when I was in the 82nd with Specialist, they could 'temporarily' be in leadership positions, this depended from MOS and unit to unit.