"The army admitted that it could not account for how 1,400 officers and noncommissioned officers died. This number, plus the official list of fragging deaths, has been accepted as the unacknowledged army estimate for officers killed by their men. It suggests that 20 to 25 percent--if not more--of all officers killed during the war were killed by enlisted men, not the "enemy." This figure has no precedent in the history of war." Joel Grier "The Soldier's Revolt" International Socialist Review, Issue 9, August-September, 2000, citing Terry Anderson, "The GI Movement and the Response from the Brass," in Melvin Small and William Hoover, eds., Give Peace A Chance (Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1992), p. 105.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Pollak [mailto:mpollak at panix.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:52 PM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: RE: POW's
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Mark Bennett wrote:
> By some estimates up to 25% of all officer "combat" deaths were the
> result of fragging and assassination - a staggering percentage.
Do you have any cites near to hand for that?
Michael