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"To a very high degree the measure of success in battle leadership is the ability to profit by the lessons of battle experience."
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Lucian Truscott
General Lucian King Truscott Jr. was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–1945, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army, serving mainly in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during his wartime service. He and Alexander Patch were the only U.S. Army
"To a very high degree the measure of success in battle leadership is the ability to profit by the lessons of battle experience."
"The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world."