At 01:31 PM 1/25/2002, you wrote: >The real reason Custer lost was poor training. Nearly none of the >"troopers" had any marksmanship training, and that was fairly typical >back then. Troops were normally allowed 20 rounds per year for "training >purposes", and these were generally used for plucking at game animals, >rather than actual marksmanship exercises. > >Don't ask why I have all this stuff in my head. Betcha he was there...just doesn't remember Austin |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.