European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                J two comrades help a wounded american Soldier to safety in a heavy rain during bitter fighting in Korea while another covers them with what makes a Good Soldier somewhere far away the night la curious flashes on the horizon Are like nervous lightning bugs which Light up when the big guns go men and machines Are shadowy shapes that set the pattern of mans its incredible that will of killed in All then Why am i so scored maybe in scared of being in scared of the what it like it i could Only know what it is really like How will i take it dont let me be a if the others Cam do let me do this feeling in my stomach Tike i ate a Hundred things that dont agree with it gnaws and Whall they think of the folks Back Home we should have had More More real com Bat maybe we had but i should have paid attention in not in it everybody scared like i am i dont want to let the others Tunny How in so we Haven done much tonight Only a Short but i across the i the not very cold but in and in maybe ill lose a leg or that could happen even if i dont get  get of but if 1 dont let it be like that one we Taw when toe Mot fed he was messed to my shoulders my stomach feels like somethings pulling at both Sidet and drawing everything to one tight Little like a bad Case of Why dont we go ahead and get it Over with another Soldier gets ready for his first taste of another Man is about to step into his severest one that he has read about heard trained seen Charles author of com Pany bated in Hli expert at an infantry Captain during the to civilian in the army Hiil Ricat in his article first in the new York Tolmei Magazine it reprinted Here through the Courtesy the new Yolk and the mature Section a former company commander says it takes loyalty to ones comrades by Charles Macdonald copyright by the new York times in the but actually knows nothing he is not a Warrior on the heroic scale that one writes legends he is Only a Little Man striving to Rise to Stalwart As Little people can do when they have this Man who moving How will he react is there anything in his physical and mental background that will make him stand up to the test better than an other Man Down where the War is Down were they do the what makes a Good Soldier f ewer War veterans Are Quali fied to answer the question than one might few except those who were soldiers recognize that Only a Small portion of men in uniform actually come to grips with the enemy in that men in Headquarters and service units might perform As Well As the frontline soldiers were they Given the same assign ment and May be but when Given similar training and similar one american on the actual Battle line May make a better Soldier than an Are the requirements physical endurance is for no other test is As severe on a Man physically As is combat a Man May have spent a quiet Day involving no rigorous physical exer but if he knows All along that when night comes Hes going into an hell find himself immeasurably if youd suddenly announce to him that the attack had been called he would drop immediately into a sleep of try Riding All Day in an automobile with a Driver you cant Over Treacher Ous roads and see How much More tired you Are than if you bad been Riding on a Spring nervous tension has decreased your physical stamina by at least then consider that burst ing shells and flying just the threat of infinitely More fatiguing than icy add to that the consideration that in combat your ride int soon the end is not even in that you dont go Home to a warm that should give just a Start of an idea of the kind of physical test it the mental state of a Man is the second Factor this is of equal or greater importance than physical How simple it would be for our army leaders if through a statistical study they might pin Down the ingredients of background and training which Are most conducive to Good mental condition for but statistics Are still just and no Man can say accurately How another will react in Battle before he gets if we try to say that a cer Tain background element influences a mans behaviour in we can hardly even the Best we can do is to say Only that certain background elements Are indicative of How a Man will education is a third but it is extremely difficult to determine at just what level of formal education a Man is Best suited for meeting 1 have seen a College graduate face certain death before a Tiger tank in the Battle of the but i have also seen a Man with Only Grade school education step out As Lead scout into what he must have known were Strong enemy americans have for a Long time prided themselves of a High National Ana respect for general intelligence Over into our we say that our Soldier is a better Soldier because he Dis plays initiative stemming from Intelli gence and from a society which encourages individual while intelligence does not necessarily mean for Mal the two do run close and intelligence does promote if thing closely Akin to a be put to work after rigid discipline has fulfilled its then we definitely gain an advantage Over an army which can rely Only on discipline for discipline is a volatile thing which Mav Rise and fall with morale and other Battlefield except for the illiterate the Man in the rear Echelon affected by his degree of education Only in that this degree May be indicative of his desire either to forge to get a Job or to keep up with the men about if we could set a mini mum level of education necessary for getting along in civilian then we might say that if a Man has attained this it indicates that he can and will forge ahead and get a Job soundness of character is a fourth vital the same moral strength which makes a Man perform courageously in a crisis at Home or influence him to live a life As a first rate citizen is essential at the the chief difference is that while a Man May meet the Ordinary strains 01 Day today civilian living throughout a number of years without revealing to himself or his friends the Basic strength of his the heavy demands of combat bring his Strong or weak Pointa As an individual or As a member of a team immediately to those moral aspects specifically Valu Able on the Battlefield Are courage to tackle an determination to stick to the Basic appreciation of ones respect for Ana continued on w in