Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 56
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But now compare him to a commander like
Montgomery. I don't wish to infringe on the feelings
the English have for Montgomery; but Montgomery
would probe over here, and then he'd probe over
there, and then he'd probe up here, and he'd probe
up here. He'd lose 200 men today, and he'd lose 200
men tomorrow, and he'd lose 200 men there. Six
months from today he still hasn't won the objective,
and he's lost 10,000 men. Patton assaulted it, by
God, on day one, and he lost ten thousand men, but
he got the objective.
The Marine Corps got a man--"Howlin' Mad"
Smith--who was the same kind of man that Patton was.
He, by thunder, made the frontal assault, he secured
the objective, and he lost "X" number of men. And
there are those that said, "Well, he shouldn't have
done that; he shouldn't have taken that direct an
approach to it. He lost too many men." Well, another
commander over here--particularly a political-type--
understands the ramifications of a few losses today
and a few losses tomorrow is not noted as much as
losing them all in one day. But the Japanese had
their people like that, too, and the commander at56
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/58/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.