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And to repeat, machineguns had first been used--
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if I remember right they were called Gatling guns in the
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American Civil War; I think they were used at Gettysburg,
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if I'm correct.
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They were slowly perfected, at least to the level of World War One.
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And they, after shelling, after these big shells launching
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tens of thousands of shells-- when they're softening up the
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opponent as to where they're going to go;
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these things go on for days.
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And that's where-- the whole syndrome of shellshock is
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a term that comes out of World War One, too,
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because a lot of people-- there are all sorts of estimates