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Old 12-07-07, 07:19 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by odjig292
There is a fair amount of evidence that the reason why Richard O'Kane didn't get the Medal of Honor is because he machine-gunned the lifeboats.
So? That's hardly equal to being imprisoned for warcrimes, is it?

But then again, that's the way its almost always been, the country which wins a war, gets away with commiting all sorts of warcrimes.

And jazman, I'm well aware he died on patrol, but this was SEVERAL patrols after he machinegunned all those Japanese men and INDIAN PRISONERS OF GODDAMNED WAR.
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