"Turse, in one of many accounts, describes a string of atrocities committed in the Duc Pho/Mo Duc border region in spring 1967 by Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry under the command of Capt. James Lanning.
"A wounded detainee, Turse writes, was dumped into a boat and pushed into a rice paddy where he was riddled with bullets and finished off with a grenade. A wounded woman was covered with a straw mat and set on fire.
"Paul Halverson, a soldier and military combat correspondent who accompanied the unit, when asked about the total number of civilians killed by LanningÂ’s force, stated in the book: '
The entire time I was over there—just by Charlie Company—I’d say it would be in the hundreds.'”
"Charlie" wanna parade?
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