WWII

Sixty-four percentof all casualties suffered by American forces during WW2 were in infantry regiments, which made up about 10 percents of the mobilized forces. Because of the small number of divisions organized, the inflatry in Europe were seldom taken out of the line for any length of time, causing replacements to be fed into the line, many times while the battle raged. Fourtunately, the structure and strength of an infantry regiment in WW2 gave the capability to perform effectively over a rather prolonged period of constant combat. The three-battalion makeup, together with canon, antitank, and the other normal companies and attachments, gave the regiment reasonable staying power, flexibility, and a magnificent esprit de corps, if well trained...