i don't know how true op's is, but i can attest to a statement from a wounded british soldier, who said "if you if get hit, pray to god that the yanks come for you - they're the only ones with any balls" also, at the time, there was a story doing the rounds of an american pilot who, despite getting shot up on his first run, went back a second time to pick up more casualties.  the biggest guys i saw were danish - i think sf - who looked like a bunch of 6' 4" chippendales.
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