Newspaper: Army to Interview Witnesses of Vietnamese Deaths

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Military investigators will interview former members of an elite U.S. Army platoon accused of killing unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1967, according to a published report.

The Blade of Toledo first reported in October that the Army's 101st Airborne Division Tiger Force killed civilians - including women, children and elderly farmers - over seven months in 1967. Tiger Force, a unit of 45 volunteers, was created to spy on forces of North Vietnam in South Vietnam's central highlands. snip

"What I can clearly say is that we went into that valley and we killed every male over 16 years old without question," he said. "I only saw one enemy gun the whole time. It wasn't about killing enemy soldiers. This was about killing villagers. It went on and on. By the end, I had just had it. I was just sick of it."

As part of the review, the Army has appointed an investigator to look into why a 4 1/2-year investigation into the atrocities was dropped in 1975, with no charges filed. That investigation substantiated 20 war crimes by 18 soldiers, the newspaper said.

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