Italians- good fighters with Germans calling the signals; o… - Edson Raff

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Italians- good fighters with Germans calling the signals; otherwise, bush-leaguers.

Edson Raff

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Colonel Edson Duncan Raff (November 15, 1907 – March 11, 2003) was a United States Army officer and author of a book on paratroopers. He served as Commanding Officer (CO) of the first American airborne unit to jump into combat, the 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, near Oran as part of Operation Torch during World War II. His book, We Jumped to Fight, was based on his experience in that operation and was published in 1944.

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Airborne operations must be preceded by subterfuges in terms of diversions, ruses, rumors, and decoys. The enemy observer must cry "Wolf!" so often that when the real operation takes place no one listens to his cries.

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Italians- good fighters with Germans calling the signals; otherwise, bush-leaguers. - Edson Raff

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