I've seen this figure before, and read that they changed firing range practices after the war to make killing more automatic. This was in Gwynne Dyer's "War", a

I've seen this figure before, and read that they changed firing range practices after the war to make killing more automatic. This was in Gwynne Dyer's "War", and he's normally reliable. However, the original statistic is apparently from a not so credible source, a study by SLA Marshall in WWII that's not so well regarded. This thread goes into some depth: http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/48/t/000511.html http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_t... Not sure what the truth of it is.