[nonkultur]

upon discovering that the Japs practised deception with booby-trapped wounded and dead that it became SOP to shoot them again to be sure they were harmless

Hey do you have a link to that? It would help me alot in a argument I am having.

[rellimpank]

--Sorry, but I don't---it's in my memory from much reading of WW2 history--hope somebody else can help--

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

I have a photocopy of the after action report from a SSG who discovered the body of my brother near Duc Pho, RVN in September 1970.

My brother had been wounded and captured by the Viet Cong. Three days later his headless body was found leaning against a tree. The SSG's report from that day says they first tied a rope around one of the legs and drug the corpse a few feet to confirm that it was not booby trapped. The "insurgents" in Iraq evidently employ the same tactics.

Someone needs to find this Kevin Sites character and deliver a personal message from the Marines in Iraq. Nothing permanent, just muss his hair a bit.

Tough guy, Kevin Sites putting his life on the line for NBC.