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War is hell.
Just ask Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator whose experiences as a Navy SEAL in Vietnam are being revisited. Mr. Kerrey first spoke publicly last week about the 1969 combat mission he led that took the lives of more than a dozen civilians, mostly women and children. He received a Bronze Star for the mission and later a Medal of Honor. The New York Times Magazine and 60 Minutes II had been doing an investigation of the mission, which is now being publicized. The allegations of civilian atrocities in the village of Thanh Phong deserve an official investigation, which would compel all those involved to tell their sides of the story.