November 10, 2022

Celebrating the 'Battle To Belong' on this 247th birthday of the Marine Corps

On 11 June 1953, I joined the 2nd 155mm Gun Battalion, USMC (Reserves), Miami, Florida, and was issued Marine uniforms. Although the uniforms made me look like a Marine, the WWII and Korean War veterans in the unit said that “looking ...

October 2, 2004

Torture as an interrogation technique

From mid—2003 to mid—2004, the manner in which the American Armed Forces handled detainees was called into question: the case of LTC West firing a pistol during the interrogation of a detainee in August 2003, photographs of nude men from ...

August 24, 2004

The Last 'Big Lie' of Vietnam Kills U. S. Soldiers in Iraq

At a Vietnam Special Forces base during 1964, I watched a U. S. soldier fire 15 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition into a tethered goat from an AR—15 rifle; moments after the last round hit, the goat fell over. Looking at the dead goat, I saw ma...