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My Grandfather served with the Rhodesian SAS in Malaya from 1951-53. He described the men as being "trigger-happy illiterate hicks who's sole qualification for life was that they could kill the coloureds without loosing sleep over it." Was his description of the SAS truthful in their tour?
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50 years ago today the Mai Lai Massacre occurred during the Vietnam War where American soldiers murdered over 300 civilians due to conflicting orders. Why didn't any officer or enlisted trooper face serious jail time afterward?
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There is a scene within the movie Gangs Of The York where newly arrived Irishman straight off the boat are directly recruited (much to dismay of 1 family) into the Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Is this scene acurate or simply a minor drama plot in a film?
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For a veteran of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War was thier any stigma of suspicion if they tried to become Soldiers or officer's in post 1865 US Army?
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In the film "Full Metal Jacket" a Marine chopper gunner is seen mowing down civilians without protest from any subordinates or fellow Marines. He claims to killed 100 people. I understand that Tiger Force would often use these brutal tactics in the Mekong but was this common place in other units?
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Why was NWAs album Straight Outta Compton so revolutionary in the terms of the music industry and the creation for mass following of the Rap genre from youth?
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