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This article states: "a testament to the extraordinary gifts his backwoods upbringing brought to Easy Company, was the story...about the time in Bastogne when Shifty mentioned to his commanding officer that he noticed a tree that was not in the distant forest just the day before." While this certainly proves he was very observant, it is not clear that this had anything to do with "his backwoods upbringing." How often do trees pop up overnight? When would he have had a similar experience in his ubringing to draw upoon - do wild animals erect fake trees to conceal their artillery? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.66.153 ( talk) 11:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
A backwoods upbringing might give a person the life experience and familiarity with non-urban settings to recognize a much more detailed visual map of their outdoor environment, from blades of grass to individual trees... I'm not sure many urban upbringings would give the same life experience. Sufidav ( talk) 22:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
What is this Author/Location # in the citations? Is it supposed to be a page number? It's ambiguous since there are multiple sources by one author. Toddst1 ( talk) 14:52, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Castlewood,Virginia is in Russell County,Virginia NOT Dickerson and so is the Gravesite. Please fix. 104.251.79.12 ( talk) 05:58, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
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This article states: "a testament to the extraordinary gifts his backwoods upbringing brought to Easy Company, was the story...about the time in Bastogne when Shifty mentioned to his commanding officer that he noticed a tree that was not in the distant forest just the day before." While this certainly proves he was very observant, it is not clear that this had anything to do with "his backwoods upbringing." How often do trees pop up overnight? When would he have had a similar experience in his ubringing to draw upoon - do wild animals erect fake trees to conceal their artillery? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.66.153 ( talk) 11:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
A backwoods upbringing might give a person the life experience and familiarity with non-urban settings to recognize a much more detailed visual map of their outdoor environment, from blades of grass to individual trees... I'm not sure many urban upbringings would give the same life experience. Sufidav ( talk) 22:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
What is this Author/Location # in the citations? Is it supposed to be a page number? It's ambiguous since there are multiple sources by one author. Toddst1 ( talk) 14:52, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Castlewood,Virginia is in Russell County,Virginia NOT Dickerson and so is the Gravesite. Please fix. 104.251.79.12 ( talk) 05:58, 4 July 2023 (UTC)