Quote Originally Posted by feudist View Post
Agreed. See The Deadly Brotherhood, When the Odds Were Even, If You Survive and a host of others.
Beyond Marshall's flat out lying, there are the routinely documented friendly fire incidents where jumpy sentries light up anything moving. There were issues with new recruits, trained by safety nazis in the "One shot, one kill, don't waste those precious .30 caliber lifesavers the supply sergeant had you sign for" who had to be taught to use suppressive fire, but that was a range culture/ NCO problem, not a fundamental of human nature.
I recall hearing a WW2 Ranger who fought in the ETO say just that.