{"id":18012,"date":"2022-03-03T07:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=18012"},"modified":"2022-03-03T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:28:30","slug":"guest-contributor-war-pig-03mar2022-on-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/guest-contributor-war-pig-03mar2022-on-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor &#8211; War Pig &#8211; 03MAR2022 &#8211; On War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(In reply to comments on the review of the 1965 movie &#8220;The Battle of the Bulge&#8221;) &#8211; photog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never heard what Eisenhower had to say about it. I get my lean on it from my uncle, an enlisted man. Battles are seen quite differently if you\u2019re one of the dogfaces in the ranks than by staff generals and politicians and people who write about it later.<\/p>\n<p>Having been in a couple or so battles myself I can say the troops fight a battle intimately, not cooly and detached like they do at headquarters. You fight what is in front of you and you do not fight for king or country. You fight for the dogfaces to your right and left, your brothers. Your own world in battle is quite small, really. Your brothers on your right and left, and what you can see to your front. Usually about 400 yards or so. Modern thermal sights changes that for tank xrews and the like, and better optics on rifles extends that range a little bit but the soldier with the rifle in the ranks can only worry about what he sees and what can see him.<\/p>\n<p>I generally don\u2019t watch war movies that involve ground action. They are so fake overall. I\u2019ll watch Battle of Brirain or In Harms Way about planes and ships, but I usually don\u2019t watch ground war movies. I saw Bulge before I went to Vietnam. After that I gave up on ground war movies. I especially never watch movies about conflicts or operations in which I took part. 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