My dad worked for a landscaping company when he was out of college.
As a side note, he had a friend who was a Vietnam veteran, who told him a few stories about his time there. One of the things he said was that most soldiers he met were just trying to do their best to survive without being evil. But he said, “if you ever meet anyone that was part of the Phoenix program, they’re just murderers. Stay away from them.”
So back to the landscaping company. My dad is talking to his boss, also a Vietnam vet. And apropos of nothing the guy starts bragging, “have you ever heard of the Phoenix program? I was basically running it on the ground.”
Throughout the program, Phoenix "neutralized" 81,740 people suspected of VC membership, of whom 26,369 were killed and the rest surrendered or were captured. 87 percent of those killed were attributed to conventional military operations by South Vietnam and the U.S. forces; the remainder were assassinated
My dad worked for a landscaping company when he was out of college.
As a side note, he had a friend who was a Vietnam veteran, who told him a few stories about his time there. One of the things he said was that most soldiers he met were just trying to do their best to survive without being evil. But he said, “if you ever meet anyone that was part of the Phoenix program, they’re just murderers. Stay away from them.”
So back to the landscaping company. My dad is talking to his boss, also a Vietnam vet. And apropos of nothing the guy starts bragging, “have you ever heard of the Phoenix program? I was basically running it on the ground.”
So you might be on to something, OP.
Every time I click a wikipedia-link on this website, I learn about a new campaign of torture and death by the US governement.
Look on the talk page of most of them and you'll see Ultramarine watering them down.
:what-the-hell: