Don't take my simplistic view of your armed forces personally Bill, you had some very brave guys in your team:
Bellau Wood ( excuse any miss-spelling) in the Great War, Iwo Jima etc.
I tend to view things as a former British Gunner who's former unit was bombed in Gulf1 by the US airforce, and the nephew-by-marriage of a former Canadian gunner who was bombed twice in Normandy by the 'Mighty Eighth' - does tend to give a slightly prejudiced viewpoint.