[smalltown]

"When asked if her son had any doubts, the mother of the young man accused of the only so-called "fragging" incident—similar to more than 200 such incidents where mostly Black enlisted men threw grenades into the tents of mostly White junior officers during the Vietnam War—had her own doubts."

Not knowing what "Final Call" was, when I read the quote above I assumed it was a white supremacist site of some sort. What a suprise when I visited and found Rev. Farrakhan. I've never heard the "fragging" incidents from the Vietnam era described in racial terms before. Also, I've never seen a number attached (200).

Any truth to this? Probably not, considering the source.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Did a quick search and found a few things.

Resistance took another form so widespread that it brought a new word into the English language: "fragging." Originally taking its name from fragmentation grenades but soon applied to any means of killing commissioned or noncommissioned officers, fragging developed its own generally understood customs, usages, and ethos. Officers who aggressively risked or otherwise offended their men were customarily warned once or twice by a nonlethal grenade before being attacked with a booby trapped or hurled grenade. By mid 1972, the Pentagon was officially acknowledging 551 incidents of fragging with explosive devices, which had left 86 dead and more than 700 wounded. These figures were no doubt understated, and they did not include a common and less conspicuous method of killing unpopular officers: rifle fire, often in the midst of combat.

Viet Nam and other American Fantasies

Also found this message board . Doesn't seem to be active anymore.

[powderhorn]

//I've never heard the "fragging" incidents from the Vietnam era described in racial terms before. Also, I've never seen a number attached (200). Any truth to this? Probably not, considering the source.//

The only terms I ever heard fragging from were those of officers who had a reputation for unnecessiarily putting the lives of their troups in danger: they tended to die on the battlefield with back wounds.