My dad said this is ludicrous. In Korea they took no prisoners, or very few.
"My dad said this is ludicrous. In Korea they took no prisoners, or very few."
It was no different in World War II. Our guys killed German prisoners often. Germans were used to killing prisoners and wounded so our guys paid them the same compliment.
But there was no NBC or BBC fighting for the rights of captured Nazis then.
I once met and had a long conversation with an old Belgian gentleman who served as an interpreter during WWII. Around the end of the war he and a major he was working with drove up to a small concentration camp where the guards had all lined up to surrender. The major and this guy got out of their jeep and the major said "who's the commander here?" The interpreter shouted out "wer ist der Commandant?". A German officer stepped forward, clicked his heels and saluted, whereupon the major pulled out his .45 and shot the guy right between the eyes. Never reported, never a complaint, and according to the fellow I spoke with not an uncommon occurrence.
the US wasn't PC back then. Makes a big difference. We've come a long way baby! (DOWN)