Re: no gun ri

[<Jhk789@aol.com>]

In a message dated 1/23/2002 7:08:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, DanFahey@DanSources.com writes:


> My disappointment is that we have been lied to from our history books.
> Or in a milder form, not given all the information.


Thanks Dan for that honest acknowledgment!
Some guys seem to be stuck in the Cold War mentality.
They are blind in their own narrow mind unfortunately.

Anyway, I contacted one of the authors of the NGR book
and here is what he said about the NGR:

``There seems to be some major confusion about No Gun 
Ri. Here are the facts:
--At least 35 veterans who were with the 7th Cav in July 
1950 in Korea have told the AP or Pentagon 
investigators, or both, that they saw their unit kill 
refugees at No Gun Ri.
--Their descriptions of what they witnessed or took part 
in mesh in detail with those of 36 Korean survivors.
--In the National Archives, the AP has found many, many 
orders, in writing, to indiscriminately shoot refugees 
around this time. One simply has to look at 
www.henryholt.com for ``The Bridge at No Gun Ri'' to 
view them oneself.
--The Pentagon and the South Korean Defense Ministry 
concluded last January, in separate investigative 
reports, that the 7th Cav did shoot the refugees at No 
Gun Ri.
--More recently, a study at the U.S. Army Command and 
General Staff College concluded that U.S. commanders 
bore ``criminal responsibility'' for the killings at No 
Gun Ri, something the Pentagon report did not say.
--No one will ever know the precise number of refugees 
killed. The Korean survivors say up to 400, and they 
have compiled a list of more than 200 names. Ex-GIs say 
they don't know, or variously estimate ``under 100,'' or 
100, or 200, or ``hundreds.''
--Focusing on any individual GI's credibility is 
pointless, unless one intends to try to discredit every 
one of more than 60 individuals, who from two sides of 
the world have told similar stories. The Pentagon and 
South Korean investigators recognized the solidity of 
the basic story."

Hope this helps in clarifying the picture!

John2