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3. Soldiers deliberately killing officers. nt

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 02:50 PM

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Does Ken Burns' "Vietnam War" discuss the fragging of officers? I haven't noticed [View all] raccoon Sep 2017 OP

What's fragging? arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #1

Soldiers deliberately killing officers. nt raccoon Sep 2017 #3

I think it is when an officer kills or harms another officer BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #4

Thanks everyone. I'm totally blown over by this, it's the arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #7

Urban legend Not Ruth Sep 2017 #10

Some 'friendly fire' has been re-categorized as ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #14

Pat Tillman is the most famous instance of US friendly fire Not Ruth Sep 2017 #16

I'm still surprised FOX let this skit run NobodyHere Sep 2017 #31

Nope left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #15

It was enlisted soldiers trying to kill their officers GP6971 Sep 2017 #26

I am watching Vietnam now...they are discussing "fragging" BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #32

A sort of way of removing an officer from your chain of command. SeattleVet Sep 2017 #6

Thanks! arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #23

Was that really that common in Vietnam? FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #5

See the post above yours. MineralMan Sep 2017 #8

There were about 1000 confirmed case in Vietnam. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #11

No, there were not. former9thward Sep 2017 #18

Did I say DEATHS? The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #19

No, you said "confirmed cases". former9thward Sep 2017 #21

Ah bullshit. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #22

Relatively common many hundreds of cases unc70 Sep 2017 #13

Yes, they did, briefly shanti Sep 2017 #9

No, but it did mention the Phoenix Program. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #12

That's really surprising Nevernose Sep 2017 #20

Yes, in tonight's episode dalton99a Sep 2017 #17

Yes, this documentary is gripping uponit7771 Sep 2017 #24

It is a masterpiece. dalton99a Sep 2017 #25

They're talking about fragging now. muntrv Sep 2017 #27

Yes, just now. we can do it Sep 2017 #29

They covered fragging a few minutes ago on tonight's episode. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #30