I never got anywhere close to such a situation. But, I clearly remember during staging in a class where the senior NCO stated it was against the Geneva convention to harm prisoners, but imaging this there is a area with mines or booby traps. Who are you going to have in front, your buddy or some ethical slur you took prisoner and whose country is not part of the Geneva convention.

My late wife thought William Calley was despicable. I, myself have wonder, just how many recent college grads having grown up in believing in America the beautiful, then receiving just a few months of training, would react when placed in his jungle boots. I am glad I was not. I can not judge the man because I am not qualified and very few really are.