As to putting a company as badly mauled as Easy into a frontal attack over a snowfield in bright daylight, this didn’t come about because Taylor wanted glory but because Eisenhower needed men. He had no reserves available to throw into the attack, this was the moment to attack, he had to attack with what was there on the front lines. In other words, Easy was paying the price for the policy of limited mobilization. There simply were not enough troops for the job.
