One local veteran told me he was spat upon while marching in his uniform, U.N. beret and medals in this year's St. Patrick's Day parade in Cleveland. But these stories do not impugn the honor of American soldiers. Quite the reverse. They elevate it. They show that it is individual GIs who keep our military honest by reporting atrocities, no matter what the cost to them, their fellow veterans or the image of their war.
War is neither easy nor clean.
Investigating wartime incidents is not about maligning soldiers. It is about prodding a military establishment that just doesn't want to hear or investigate until shamed into doing so by the public airing of these testimonies. Copyright material is distributed without profit or payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. Copyright material is distributed without profit or payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.