LETTER TO THE EDITOR BY
MORTON I. SILVER, DDS
AUS, USN, USMC
Once again it has become apparent that war is a horrific
experience and that American troops are not immune nor excluded from
participation in the accompanying obscenities…. However, there is an exception
to this observation which I and others have trumpeted for decades, only to be
disregarded or dismissed with infuriating and obnoxious disregard by the
leadership in the Pentagon.
American GI’s
were sent to
The exception
to this fatal fiasco was the
As for
refugees, no columns of fleeing civilians were allowed to pass through our
ranks. Never. These unfortunate fugitives from the military
action fled, albeit with difficulty, at least four hundred yards distant, to
the right or left of our advancing troops, never too close to pose a deliberate
threat to us from infiltrators. We were
trained professionals.
The U.S. Marine
is no wunderkind. He is a proud
disciplined young man led by officers of such superior caliber that should put
the Army personnel to shame. To
disregard this disparity only demonstrates the eventual possibility of
disgraceful, dishonorable and depraved behavior of frightened children with
deadly weapons.
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