Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "\"Truth\" about \"Panzer Aces\"" video.

  1. Which as a historian is his job description. If an author discards facts to fit his opinion he is a historical novelist at best. At least that's honest. But with history the truth is often muddled. Details get lost. The people who might have known what happened in a certain instance quite simply aren't there minutes or seconds later. The same event seen from multiple viewpoints can have wildly different descriptions.
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  2. As was the idea of fighter pilots. You are only as good as your last engagement. There are no prizes for second place. Except for a telegram and a gold star for mom and dad
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  3. Quite possibly they did not want to remember details. Or they did too vividly and kept it to themselves. Bill Mauldin came up with a fictitious society in Up Front. The Society of Them's That Been Shot At. It had members from every army. Plus, be it tanker, dogface or pilot. You are only as good as your last engagement.
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  4. As I replied to one of the above posts. Be it tanker, dogface, gunner or pilot. You are only as good as your last engagement. And your last engagement could very well be your last. And for how many they never saw it coming
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