https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/distance-from-the-victim/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/distance-from-the-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-2030267 Toddy Cat Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:03:26 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36953#comment-2030267 My Dad served as a combat infantryman for a year in the European Theatre in WWII. I heard lots of stories from him, a few of which did not reflect particularly well on some of the men he served with, but I never heard him say anything about soldiers not firing in combat (he was an NCO, and was supposed to notice things like that). He also witnessed hand-to-hand combat. He’s gone now, and I don’t want to put words in his mouth, but I really doubt that he would have agreed with the Grossman/Marshall thesis.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/distance-from-the-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-2029051 Handle Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:26:51 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36953#comment-2029051 Looks like Cochran’s with me on this one. Hesitation with regards to killing the enemy is a myth.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/distance-from-the-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-2026298 Bert E. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:06:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36953#comment-2026298 The trench raid from the era of WW1 was certainly close quarters combat. An institutionalized aspect of the Great War, close quarters weapons preferred. Trench knife, club, grenade, handgun [.455 Webley], shotgun, etc. Even oriental style martial arts techniques used on occasion by those soldiers that had experience in overseas colonies.

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