How do experienced leaders help them cope with such an overwhelming Experience?
Experienced leaders provide means of making Guadalcanal less traumatic. Not only do the experienced leaders lead them to less loss on the field of battle, but they also provide a way of dealing with negative emotions. Having the experience they have, they know how to deal with the loss of their fellow solider, and can be an example for other soldiers who are attempting to deal with similar situations of loss.
Having experience in WWII was something hard to come by i think. But i agree that when leaders were experienced they were expected to help the non experienced cope with the trauma that comes with war. A lot of the inexperienced soldiers looked up to their leaders not only for orders but for moral support because war is just as much a battle with yourself as it is a battle with the enemy.
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