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George Linderman’s world was radically changed because of his combat experience in World War II and he wanted to present this information to the American people, not to shock them, but to provide insight into the reality of war for one relatively small group, combat soldiers. In the telling of their story, Linderman brings a new sensitivity to many of the things civilians and non-combat personnel would never experience or understand about these men. Some of these things include defining a new sense of home in worlds that are unfamiliar and hazardous, performing horrific acts upon other humans, risking life for people the soldier would not talk to in the states, forming strong bonds with a very few, and learning to depend on luck as if it were the only force operating in the universe. Linderman gets his authority from combat veterans diaries and books so that the combat veterans speak for themselves. 1 work cited. jvWarWIW.rtf
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to shock them, but to provide insight into the reality of war for one relatively small group, combat soldiers. In the telling of their story, Linderman brings a new sensitivity
to many of the things civilians and non-combat personnel would never experience or understand about these men. Some of these things include defining a new sense of "home" in worlds
that are unfamiliar and hazardous, performing horrific acts upon other humans, risking life for people the soldier would not talk to in the states, forming strong bonds with a very
few, and learning to depend on luck as if it were the only force operating in the universe. Linderman gets his authority from combat veterans diaries and books so that
the combat veterans speak for themselves. The most interesting statistic Linderman provides, the student may want to note, is that of the 16,000,000
Americans serving in the Armed Forces during World War II, only five percent (80,000) participated in "extended combat" (1), making this a unique experience setting these men apart from other
military personnel and civilians. The statistic is important because it represents a small group of veterans who have had their view of life permanently altered toward the enemy, friendships, family,
God, and the nation represented. Linderman tells the story of this unique group of men in an understandable order from anticipation beforehand
to the resentment afterward. His analysis begins with the excitement, fear and expectations soldiers feel as they prepare to be sent into ground and air combat. The story unfolds with
their reactions and an analysis of how feelings change and develop under the weight of their responsibility, and then ends with their resentment at historians and commanders in charge who
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