Most soldiers are expected to have to fight occasionally. For the Infantry it was expected as a usual thing in day to day
life when in combat.. Also the Infantrymens life was not like any other branch of service life day to day living. Read
the complete A.R. Regs as to why ithe C.I.B. was initially brought about and read it carefully about WW 2.
http://www.americal.org/awards/cib.htm One question: I wonder just how many paratroopers
recieved a air medal although the pilots did when in combat conditions dropping them ??? Please recall that I was in Combat Engineer Basic training prior to all our training groups being transferred to Infantry training for 6 weeks . My combat engineer MOS sure was not Infantry MOS (which is a C.I.B. requirement), but my Infantry MOS sure was, and served
as a Infantry rifleman in the 3rd Inf Div only, during my time in the ETO. Each soldier had a special job (MOS) at his time
and this was our main and only job. Kill, take ground and hold ground. How about it Roque? Agree or not?