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Recently re-watched The Pacific and noticed one of the major themes was psychological trauma experienced by soldiers. My question is, in the PTO during WWII, how "bad" would a soldier have to get before they pulled him off the line? Was there a system in place or was it subjective to the CO?

by /u/stonedbearamerica in /r/AskHistorians

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