This is just the start. I will post more as I come across them.
QUESTION. A couple of people on the panel mentioned brutalities to
women. Is rape and other sexual brutalities to women--brutality
involving the vagina in particular--is that a usual feature of people
on tour in Vietnam?
BANGERT. Yeah, I think that in regards to women in Vietnam, first of
all, you get this feeling sometimes when you're over there that you
don't even think of their sex. This is really disgusting. You don't
even think of them as human beings, they're "gooks." And they're
objects; they're not human, they're objects. The general rule was a
Vietnamese who is dead is confirmed Viet Cong and one who is living is
a Viet Cong suspect. And that's the way it was. Back to this specific
instance where I talk about the disembowelment of the women--I think
the person involved was a freaked out sexist, if that's what you're
trying to get at. I think maybe he had problems. He had to be--he was
in the Army for 20 years.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22joe+bangert%22+group:alt.war.vietnam&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.war.vietnam&safe=off&selm=9enugu08hb%40enews3.newsguy.com&rnum=11I did a google search on both Marine Observation Squadron (VMO)6 and Vietnam and it turns up this squadron saw lots of combat action against the Communists in Vietnam (67-69) - and one of its pilots received the MOH- Stephen Pless so be very careful of your research for I hear this guy Bangert can make you eat your words and desk when one is confronted by him either in public or private.