Some things never change.
The biggest point is that atrocities are a part of war both on a large scale and individualized. However, we (U.S.) didn't establish gas chambers to methodically eliminate people like the Nazi's or have medical staff like Unit 731 disecting live prisoners for experiements as the Japanese did.
Sure, we shot people surrendering, Germans, Japanese and probably others. I'm sure we probably burned villages and shot women and children. War is hell but I don't believe our "atrocities" committed by an individual or small group compare at all to the methodical commission of crimes against humanity that our enemies carried out. War isn't pretty and when you see your buddy's head blown off and then the enemy that did it throws his hands up in the air to surrender I don't think it should be considered an atrocity when the surrenderer gets shot. Too bad, so sad. I'm on our side. I say, take no prisoners. I wish we weren't taking them now.
Ok, I'm ranting now and better stop. Thank you for your service RunningWolf.