Tiger Force: A New Report

Tiger Force: A New Report

(EXCERPT) Uncovers Multiple Atrocities Committed By An Elite Platoon
in 1967 Vietnam

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We speak with the Toledo Blade reporter who uncovered this month
massacres committed by U.S. troops in Vietnam on the scale of My Lai
that had gone unreported for 36 years. Tiger Force troops torched
villages, executed prisoners, and slaughtering unarmed farmers as well
as their wives and children, killing hundreds.

A report this month in the Toledo Blade uncovers massacres committed
by U.S. troops in Vietnam that has gone unreported for 36 years.

In a story that has never been told, an elite platoon torched
villages, executed prisoners, and slaughtered an untold number of
unarmed civilians between May and November, 1967.

The platoon was called Tiger Force. A small, highly...

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