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re: Retired Green Beret officer: Mattis "left my men to die."
Posted on 12/4/16 at 4:14 am to Milk
Posted on 12/4/16 at 4:14 am to Milk
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i probably would place more blame on whoever in our military is in charge of not bombing our own troops for the death. Maybe if that guy didn't suck at his job a rescue mission would not be necessary.
I read a thing years ago that as many as 1/4 of our guys in World War Two were killed by friendly fire.
In one incident among many many many some B-25's were mistaken for Japanese Nells.
B-25B similar to the Doolittle raiders.
Japanese G3M3 'Nell'
In the COBRA bombings, ISTR that 109 soldiers were killed by shorts including Lt. General McNair who they only identified by finding a finger with his West Point ring on it.
This post was edited on 12/4/16 at 4:16 am
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Posted on 12/4/16 at 6:01 am to WhiskeyPapa
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Lt. General McNair
Still 1 of the 2 highest ranking U.S. officers ever killed in action, along with Buckner (also a LTG) killed at Okinawa in 1945. Buckner was posthumously promoted to full general (as was McNair) and remains the highest ranking U.S. officer ever killed by enemy fire. (ETA: Therefore, McNair remains the highest ranking officer ever killed by friendly fire).
We didn't approach this level of casualty again until 9/11 when LTG Maude was killed in the attack on the Pentagon.
This post was edited on 12/4/16 at 8:03 am
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