RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 22, 2017 at 6:56 am
(January 21, 2017 at 6:36 am)abaris Wrote:(January 20, 2017 at 8:24 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: The 1 combat soldier for every 10 servicemen ratio can't be typical for all armies in WWII. This is because the total combat fatality across all major combatant armies approached 10% of all who served in militaries during WWII.
It was a rotation system. At any time only 10 percent of soldiers were at the frontline. It wasn't the same 10 percent at any time, and I guess it must have been the same with the US.
Sorry, but there were 9 non-combatant jobs for every combatant job.