Army accuses soldier killed in explosion Slain soldier among those accused of violating rules A Edition

Two members of Beaudoin's unit, the 142nd Medical Company, said the inquiry is wrongly focused on the soldiers who were casualties. It is the Army and the manufacturers of the U.S.-made bomblets, which killed and injured those soldiers during the war, that should be thoroughly investigated by f...

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Published inThe Hartford courant
Main Authors KAREN WAGNER and THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, Courant Staff Writers
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hartford, Conn Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 06.03.1992
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Beaudoin, Cindy
Beaudoin, Phyllis
Peters, Norm
Snow, Robert
Wiltse, John
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Summary:Two members of Beaudoin's unit, the 142nd Medical Company, said the inquiry is wrongly focused on the soldiers who were casualties. It is the Army and the manufacturers of the U.S.-made bomblets, which killed and injured those soldiers during the war, that should be thoroughly investigated by federal authorities, they said. The U.S. Army's criminal investigation division has concluded that those incidents were caused by the U.S.-made grenades carried by U.S. soldiers, rather than enemy land mines. Several soldiers blame tiny volatile bomblets that military personnel collected and carried around as war souvenirs for the explosions. Hundreds of the grenades were fired by U.S. howitzers and rockets and were aimed at enemy troops, tanks and roads but never went off. Later, U.S. troops pursuing the enemy kicked, stepped on or picked up the bomblets as souvenirs. Military regulations make it illegal to pick up any battlefield items.
ISSN:1047-4153