schuman, you're going to think i'm not capable of a short answer. adam do need to explain schuman. one day while i was doing the reporting for the first book. here was a relatively quiet time and i was asking around, who do you all regard as a great soldier? i need to meet? and somebody mentioned this guy, schuman. i hasn't heard of him, i hasn't met him. a few days passed and i went -- i went in search of him. walked into a room and it's -- this photograph is later. another photograph in the book of what i saw when i walked into his room. great soldier was man. gaunt, haunted-looking and i introduced myself. and he said, i guess i know why here. i said i want to write about you. soldier, u're a great he laughed and he said he feels leaving the war that day, he was done. and what had happened was -- this guy -- this guy was on the third deployment. little older so guys looked up to him. he was a leader. great soldier. three deployments. by his count, he had been in 1,000 days.t i'm in the middle of reading this rick atkinson book now world war ii. and that went through a passage wh