While as an Australian it is not my place to comment on the US army, as en ex infantryman, I can't help but to agree with Ellis. In any army you went where you were sent. You were sent where you were needed. As far as the casualty rate is concerned - where on earth does the 99% come from. I doubt if even the Russians sustained that figure (& they really copped it). Regards, Dave Delilah wrote: > ASTP (The Army Specialized Training Program) was for the relatively high > IQ's of the U.S. Army, all of whom were college age (18 to 24). All or > almost all of the ASTP students were sent into the infantry when the war got > rough in 1944. They sent the highest IQ's into the Infantry where combat > would kill or wound at least 99 percent of them (yes, 99 percent!). > > > >