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07-14-2009, 10:59 AM
Tanksmasher
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Really. I figured someone knew. I mean these were all probably very young men for the most part. 22 and younger? Sort of has that Lord of the Flies/Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now feel to it. They were active until 72 right? So did they pull these guys back in at the end of 67 and replace them? Or did the same guys get just a stern talking to and sent back out in the bush?
The unit as a whole had a high casualty rate didn't it? How many officers went through that unit? It's led just by one Lt. right Hawkins.
The Tigers were always getting new replacements due to men finishing their tours, getting wounded and even killed. So many of the replacements were fresh recruits with no previous combat experience. However, many of the team leaders were seasoned veterans. SSgt Trout and Sgt Doyle were in their thirties. Hawkins was just one of the officers who led the platoon, but he was the one who ordered men to execute prisoners, which was not allowed.
No Tigers were reprimaded or disciplined for killing civilians. However, Lt Wood, the forward observer who reported the crimes and tried to get rid of Hawkins, was transferred out of the unit. And Bruner, who also went up the chain of command, got reprimanded for being a tattle tale and was threatened with court martial. Bruner actually saved the life of a Vietnamese boy who was about to be executed by pointing his M16 at the face of one of his sgts.
The tension among men was high. New recruits were given handguns and told to "bust their cherries" by executing prisoners. The official protocol was to call in a helicopter and have the civilians hauled away, but some men just wanted to kill them instead and they did.
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