Those slaughtered by the army were mostly women, children and old men. Most of the fighting age men were not in the camp. They could have been taken prisoner rather than butchered.
I usually take the side of any group or individual that refuse to surrender their arms to the U.S. government.
“Those slaughtered by the army were mostly women, children and old men. Most of the fighting age men were not in the camp. They could have been taken prisoner rather than butchered.”
Agree, plus most of the US soldiers killed or wounded at Wounded Knee were by friendly fire. There’s hardly anything heroic about this action.
I hope Hegseth was referring to those who took part in the battle and not those who slaughtered those who stayed in the camp.
Exactly.
We were all wounded at Wounded Knee: Redbone