Comment on YSK: The US massacred hundreds & raped children as young as 12 in one day. Only one perpetrator was convicted - later commuted by President Nixon.

SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• bearboiblake@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve read about this too, and the US blamed the problem on black soldiers. Maybe that’s something that deserves its own post?

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• toad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yup. They burned my grandma’s city to hide the looting.

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  • Karl@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Did they harm your grandma?

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    • toad@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No the women were hiding in the country side. But her dad was a fireman and he was among the first on scene

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