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Saw this story on History Channel. A British Officer claimed he protested use of live ammo. He was told by a US General (un-named)that he would be Court Marshalled if he said another word. According to the Brit the live ammo was used intentionally because they needed to know how troops would react. I distinctly remember this show because I had just read article on how Patton was almost fired for slapping a soldier. I was livid that this story of intentional fire at US forces is not mentioned when discussing Patton's "crime."

[neverdem]

I believe the History Channel is owned by Disney, so take that for what it's worth.

[learning_curve]

Two things:
1) It may sound far fetched but what if those shooting the live ammo knew they were shooting live ammo and it was deliberate? Can someone tell me if this is at all likely? (from sources other than the history channel :) ) Have looked up Slapton on the web and mostly only find reference to the German attack.
2) Someone earlier compared the war on terrorism with WWII and the respective KIA numbers. Think the link is tenuous, WWII was an old style war where you knew the borders and your enemy was a country not a free moving unknown group. Its not like all Iraqi citizens are the enemy and its not like the war on Iraq led to the liberation of the people from an occupier - it led to the occupation of that country.