The artillery mission that made Truman a criminal and hero

Can't imagine someone so full of themselves in war to put the value of human life over orders in a sutuation where the result could have been needless deaths and the derading of the orignal mission. Not saying blantanly disregarding orders should be the norm, but come on. Great read actually- true leadership right there.

LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. "Bill" PriceCPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds SGT (Join to see) Cpl (Join to see) SGT Rick Colburn PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj Robert Thornton PO3 Bob McCord SPC Douglas Bolton CWO3 Dennis M. Lt Col Charlie Brown TSgt Joe C. PO3 Craig Phillips CW5 Jack Cardwell

Truman made mistakes. Don't we all. But this wasn't one of them. Fortunately, he got a good result. Imagine what might have happened if he hadn't. He might never have been President and we would have missed some of his other good decisions, unpopular though they might have been...

Each of my tanks had their primary fields of fire but they were interlocking with other tanks. Ultimately the commander's intent is to win the battle. Thus giving us some flexibility with fire patterns.