Dry Socks and Loaded Lugers

Be careful not to shoot yourself in the foot

I’m up to Episode 7 of “Band of Brothers” and am very impressed with the way it portrays important details about war that are often overlooked or wind up on the cutting room floor of documentaries.

Take socks.

The first time I went to a reunion of the 712th Tank Battalion, in 1987, I only remembered a few details from the stories my father told. The name …