I believe James L Ballou in his book Rock and a Hard Place: The Browning Automatic Rifle, explains that squads were lined up tallest to shortest, last guy was the BAR man, and yes it was reasoned that he made the smallest target.
I believe James L Ballou in his book Rock and a Hard Place: The Browning Automatic Rifle, explains that squads were lined up tallest to shortest, last guy was the BAR man, and yes it was reasoned that he made the smallest target.