T/F: The lieutenant stood up for his men and the way they fought

I don't think so, their superiors mocked them.

Oops, the lieutenant did stick up for them so True

"The lieutenant, who had listened with an air of impotent rage to the interview, spoke suddenly in firm and undaunted tones. "I don't care what a man is--whether he is a general or what-- if he says th' boys didn't put up a good fight out there he's a damned fool."