By their account they were fired on, and they returned the fire. Gerhard Klann says not so. I don't know who is recalling the story accurately. While I don't always agree with Bob Kerrey's politics, I have found him to be a man of honor and integrity. I would be disposed to believe his account as affirmed by five other members of the team, especially when there is only one who recalls a far more horrific scene than the rest.
War is hell as the story goes.
Guerilla war is doubly so. That is terribly unfortunate. And those who have to kill at all, even killing an armed enemy force, take no satisfaction in doing so. Rather, it is what our country has asked them to do. This is the latest in a series of monthly columns written by retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert D. Springer.