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Return of the Winter Soldier Investigation

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 The vast majority of American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere not only do not recall the countless American military atrocities in Vietnam as they happened, but were not even born yet. What a splendid way for the military to have recruited with a cleansed slate on Vietnam, let alone the invasions of Grenada and Panama, and the list goes on. Rambo's asking his father if "we get to win this time" in Vietnam probably is better known by those under forty than the horrors of My Lai and mini My Lais. I started college in 1981 under the impression that the My Lai massacre -- with American Lt. William Calley as a ground leader of the massacre of hundreds of unarmed villagers  -- was not typical behavior by American soldiers in Vietnam...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).