Oct 8, 2019
Finally, remember that “there are bad officers but no bad troops.” This is horribly true. We have often seen it out here–second-rate men fighting magnificently because they were under a first-rate officer, and vice versa. It makes you realize the vital importance of your job. Motto—"It all depends on me.
An unnamed British platoon commander, writing home to a friend who undertaking officer training, about his experiences in North Africa, during the Tunisian Campaign.
Source:
A letter published in the Intelligence Bulletin, August 1943 (source)
