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Eric Lauzier: “They took my honor.” War Crime, Hard Choice and Harder Consequences, Part VI [Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V.] First platoon soldier on guard at the Alamo bridge Staff Sergeant Eric Lauzier heard the gunfire at the Alamo....
Sergeant John Diem: "We can only do our best to deserve the public's trust." John Diem in Iraq Sergeant John Diem had four hours to think about his decision. War Crimes, Hard Choices, and Harder Consequences: John Diem's Story [Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III...
"If you leave him out there, they'll kill him," his Battalion Commander was told by a junior NCO. Justin Watt secretly reported several members of his platoon for committing the rape and murders, and was desperately hoping he wouldn't be found out. War Crimes, Hard...
Justin Watt: "I was literally just doing my duty." Justin Watt in the Triangle of Death [Continued from Part I and Part II.] Justin Watt’s personal turning point came barely a month into the deployment. He was on duty at a patrol base when the battalion commander...
PFC Steven Green had just told Sergeant Tony Yribe he murdered an entire family. [Continued from Part I] To put it mildly, Green wasn’t the most credible guy in the platoon. Yribe didn’t believe him. However Green, who had not gone on the patrol to the house, was able...
You’re twenty-three years old. You’re a lowly Private First Class with less than two years in the Army. You’ve been in Iraq eight months. Your platoon is overextended, barely able to cover all the patrols and static posts you’ve been assigned. Extra missions take what...
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