I am reading Ken Burns' WAR (companion to the PBS series) and I was surprised to find out that WW2 US medics were paid $10 less per month then the infantry man because they didn't carry a gun and thus didn't fight!
That is old thinking for sure eh, these guys run into bullets while the soldier hides in a hole!
Some of us are busy doing things; some of us are busy complaining - Debasish Mridha