alzelt wrote:

>
> > Well Alan I asked in this group and asked you directly if you had
> > committed atrocities. Of those who identified themselves as Viet Nam
> > vets in this news group, you did not respond, so I'm assuming you did
> > not commit atrocities. One responded that he saw atrocities. So at
> > least in this group only 50% even saw any atrocities, and none
> > admitted committing any.
> >
> > Of the vets that I have spoke to in this regard, none have admitted to
> > any actions that would have been considered atrocities.
> > So yes, I know that there were atrocities, but they were not as
> > widespread as was made out to be by the war protesters.
> > Pan Ohco
>
> Now that I think of it, I can remember an atrocity. It was even captured
> on film. The little Vietnamese girl running down the road, naked and
> covered with napalm.

Naw. That was just another case of "friendly fire". She was one of a number
of civilians were a little too close to the action and got hit with a bit of
napalm. My Lai was an atrocity.