S. L. A. Marshall

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S. L. A. Marshall was an American military historian and U.S. Army officer known for his influential and sometimes controversial studies of combat behavior and battlefield tactics.

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instanceOf United States Army officer
human
military historian
allegiance United States of America
surface form: United States
awardReceived Legion of Merit
Purple Heart
Silver Star
basedIn Texas
conflict Korean War
World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1900-07-18
dateOfDeath 1977-12-17
educatedAt University of Michigan
employer El Paso Herald-Post
United States Army
familyName Marshall
fieldOfWork combat psychology
military history
fullName Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
genre military non-fiction
givenName Samuel
hasInfluenced U.S. Army training doctrine
fire discipline and small-unit tactics theory
knownFor after-action interviews with soldiers
studies of combat behavior
theory that only a minority of soldiers fire their weapons in combat
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank brigadier general
notableWork Men Against Fire
Pork Chop Hill
The River and the Gauntlet
The Soldier’s Load and the Mobility of a Nation
occupation historian
journalist
military officer
placeOfBirth Catskill, New York
placeOfBurial Fort Bliss National Cemetery
placeOfDeath El Paso
surface form: El Paso, Texas
positionHeld Army combat historian
residence El Paso
surface form: El Paso, Texas
sexOrGender male
subjectOf controversy over accuracy of interview-based statistics
wroteAbout Korean War battles
infantry combat in World War II
soldier morale and cohesion

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Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall) author S. L. A. Marshall
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Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall) workOf S. L. A. Marshall
subject surface form: Pork Chop Hill