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I served with LtCol Mike Strobl at HQMC. He was the CACO for Lcpl Phelps. Mike was a very fine officer and is a real gentleman. His after-action report spread like wild fire through out the Corps and very quickly became the standard by which Casualty Assistance Officers (collateral duty) were held to. The scene in the film where a senior officer berates the junior officers for not "being in the fight" captured the tenor of the times if you were unlucky enough to be stuck in a staff job. Of course most of us ultimately got the chance to get in on the fight with some getting much more than they bargained for....
Semper fi, Sam
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