Complex sentence: The CG's guidance was not, of course, to go through and burn there was so much pressure on the commander of this battalion to perform and to accomplish his mission that I am sure in his mind that anything went.
Split into simpler sentences: The CG's guidance was not, of course, to go through and burn. There was so much pressure on the commander of this battalion to perform and to accomplish his mission that I am sure in his mind that anything went.