Part 1 of a 4 Part Series from Toledo Blade and Pittsburgh Post Gazette-No one was safe when the Tigers entered the Central Highlands in 1967For the 10 elderly farmers in the rice paddy, there was nowhere to hide. The river stretched along one side, mountains on the other.
"The commander told me, "What goes on here, stays here. You never tell anyone about what goes on here. If we find out you did, you won't like it," recalls Kenneth Kerney. The Tiger Force soldier witnessed but did not take part in any atrocities.
Approaching quickly in between were the soldiers -- an elite U.S. Army unit known as Tiger Force.
Though the farmers were not carrying weapons, it didn't matter: No one was safe when the special force arrived on July 28, 1967.
No one.
With bullets flying, the farmers -- slowed by the thick, green plants and muck -- dropped one by one to the ground.
Within minutes, it was over. Four were dead, others wounded. Some survived by lying motionless in the mud.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232357.stmThe Players
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232358.stmIn Their Words
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232356.stmHardest of Hard Haunted by Ghosts
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232360.stmHabit of atrocities culminated at My Lai
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232362.stmThe Blade's Team About the Series
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03292/232361.stm
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