I know that in the Pacific, Mush Morton machine gunned Japanese survivors in the water and actually got a medal for it. In fact,
shows that gunning survivors in the water was considered legitimate policy.
Then there are the H M S Torbay incidents in which Capt. Miers ordered the shooting of German survivors in rafts on two separate occasions. He entered both incidents into his log. The Admiralty sent him a strongly worded letter afterward but nothing else.
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