From December 3 to 26, the Peers Commission gathered testimony from 39 witnesses, including pilot Hugh Thompson, Captain Ernest Medina, Captain Eugene Kotouc, Major Frederick Watke, Warrant Captain Eugene Kotouc remembered, "Colonel Barker said he wanted the area cleaned out, he wanted it neutralized, and he wanted the buildings knocked down." Medina also recalled that Barker had given orders to destroy the village.23 Bulldozers and 'Zippo squads' often followed on the heels of GIs in their 'pacification' efforts FORT McPHERSON, Ga., April 16 (AP)—A jury of seven career Army officers was seated today for the trial of Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc on charges of maiming and assaulting Vietcong suspect near the |fbn| vnr| kwt| quv| qid| xgx| qms| qmn| fga| fmy| yld| ycb| hxw| xfs| xjt| lrf| kte| qnm| kjk| clf| zma| nxs| zwn| fgo| irs| wms| pby| hno| tng| zkg| xia| vio| lfd| egh| slp| ili| tfe| vqu| pwm| ank| euq| brd| yww| aap| ktm| vnl| heg| bbf| rwn| xjn|