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S. L. A. Marshall, an Uncommon card
Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall was a military journalist and historian from Catskill, New York.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
S. L. A. Marshall quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the S. L. A. Marshall card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He retired in 1960 but acted as an ______ advisor and historian during the Vietnam War.
Answer
unofficial. He retired in 1960 but acted as an unofficial advisor and historian during the Vietnam War. From the S. L. A. Marshall article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he published Blitzkrieg: Armies on Wheels, an analysis of the tactics used by the Wehrmacht, and served in the U.S. Army as its chief combat historian during World War II and the Korean War.
Answer
1940s. In 1940, he published Blitzkrieg: Armies on Wheels, an analysis of the tactics used by the Wehrmacht, and served in the U.S. Army as its chief combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. From the S. L. A. Marshall article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
S. L. A. Marshall. S. L. A. Marshall 17,000 · Simon Vouet 13,000 · Hone Harawira 9,700 · Margarita Salas 7,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I before becoming a journalist, specializing in military affairs.
- In 1940, he published Blitzkrieg: Armies on Wheels, an analysis of the tactics used by the Wehrmacht, and served in the U.S. Army as its chief combat historian during World War II and the Korean War.
- He retired in 1960 but acted as an unofficial advisor and historian during the Vietnam War.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The S. L. A. Marshall article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get S. L. A. Marshall
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, S. L. A. Marshall (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown military photographer of the Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
