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Old 08-22-2006, 14:38 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by leibstandarte10
There are so many "unknowns" that would qualify. Fine leaders of men, intelligent and skilled in the art of war. Men only known to soldiers under their own command and maybe to the enemy in their theater of operations, but destined to never be recognized beyond that.
Exactly. It sort of amounts to a "best you've heard of" question, or your personal favorite, for the reasons you stated.

The ones I listed, Geronimo, Robert Rogers, Daniel Morgan, Richard Winters, Tony Herbert, and David Hackworth, are some of my favorites, and reasonably well known to people who like to read about small unit actions.
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