1ST MARINE DIVISION
MODERATOR. I'd like to
welcome you all. This is the First Marine Division. It landed in South
Vietnam in 1965 and is still there. You've probably all heard the
quotation "Ask a Marine." So after these gentlemen have finished their
testimony, you'll be allowed to ask a Marine and find out what really
went on over there.
CRAIG. My name is Stephen
Craig. I'm 23 years old. I entered the service about two weeks after
graduation in 1965. I entered the service after high school in 1965.
Went to Vietnam in 1966 to serve with Second Battalion, 5th Marine and
served there from September '66 to September '67. When I got out of the
service I worked as a laborer. My testimony basically covers the
maltreatment of prisoners, the suspects actually, and a convoy running
down an old woman with no reason at all--no provocation or anything. And
bounties were put on our own men in our own companies if they were
inadequate in the field. And they were either disposed of, or wounded,
or something to this effect just to make sure they were taken away. I
was a Pfc. in the service.
MODERATOR. We're going to
allow everybody to speak first and after that the press will be allowed
to ask questions.
SACHS. My name is Rusty
Sachs. I entered the Marine Corps in 1964 after working as a news
broadcaster for a network radio station. I was a helicopter pilot. I
came out as a Captain. I was in Vietnam with Marine Medium Helicopter
Squadron 362 as a medivac pilot from August of '66 to September of '67
and my testimony concerns the leveling of villages for no valid reason,
throwing Viet Cong suspects from the aircraft after binding and gagging
them with copper wire, and racism in the assignment of priorities to
medical evacuations where white people were given priority over nonwhite
people.
CAMILE. My name is Scott
Camile. I was a Sgt. attached to Charley 1/1. I was a forward observer
in Vietnam. I went in right after high school and I'm a student now. My
testimony involves burning of villages with civilians in them, the
cutting off of ears, cutting off of heads, torturing of prisoners,
calling in of artillery on villages for games, corpsmen killing wounded
prisoners, napalm dropped on villages, women being raped, women and
children being massacred, CS gas used on people, animals slaughtered,
Chieu Hoi passes rejected and the people holding them shot, bodies
shoved out of helicopters, tear-gassing people for fun and running
civilian vehicles off the road.
CAMPBELL. My name is
Kenneth J. Campbell. I'm 21. I'm a Philadelphia resident. I was a
Corporal in the Marine Corps. I was an FO, Forward Artillery Scout
Observer. I FO'd for Bravo Company, First Battalion, First Marine
Regiment, First Marine Division. I was in Vietnam from February of '68
to March of '69. I went straight into the Marine Corps from high school
and I am now a student at Temple University in Philadelphia. My
testimony will consist of eyewitnessing and participating in the calling
in of artillery on undefended villages, mutilation of bodies, killing of
civilians, mistreatment of civilians, mistreatment of prisoners and
indiscriminate use of artillery, harassment and interdiction fire.
SIMPSON. My name is Chris
Simpson. Age 21; of New York. I was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps
from '66 to '70. I was in Vietnam from '67 to '68. I'll be talking about
maltreating of prisoners, destruction of villages, crops and animals. I
was attached to Echo Company, Second Battalion, 5th Marines.
OLIMPIERI. My name is
Paul Olimpieri. I entered the Marine Corps about nine months after
graduating high school. I was in 1st Battalion, 5th Marines in Vietnam
and my testimony is on killing civilians and killing livestock and
destroying villages.
NIENKE. My name is Fred
Nienke. I joined the Marine Corps shortly after graduating from high
school in 1966. I went to Vietnam and was assigned to Delta, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marines. My testimony includes killing of non-combatants,
destruction of Vietnamese property and livestock, use of chemical agents
and the use of torture in interpreting prisoners.
BISHOP. My name is David
Bishop. I was attached to Hotel Company Two Five. Before I went into the
Marine Corps I was a lab technician. I'm still a lab technician. My
testimony is going to consist of my skipper, or my captain, killing
prisoners, throwing heat tablets or trioxylene gas to children, four NVA
nurses that were captured--were POWs--were raped, tortured and then were
completely destroyed--their bodies were destroyed--and free fire zones
and health problems in Vietnam.
BANGERT. My name is Joe
Bangert. I'm a Philadelphia resident. I enlisted in the Marine Corps for
four years in 1967. I went to Vietnam in 1968. My unit in Vietnam was
Marine Observation Squadron Six with the First Marine Air Wing and my
testimony will cover the slaughter of civilians, the skinning of a
Vietnamese woman, the type of observing our squadron did in Vietnam and
the crucifixion of Vietnamese either suspects or civilians in Vietnam.
BRONAUGH. My name is Jack
Bronaugh. I joined the Marine Corps about six months after getting out
of high school. I was 18 years of age at the time. I enlisted for four
years. I went to Vietnam in February of '68. I served with Echo Battery
213 attached to 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines. Mainly my testimony is
about the indiscriminate murder of, in a sense, civilian women and
children, torture of prisoners for fun and other reasons.
KENNY. Michael Kenny.
Joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17 in '68. Served in Vietnam
'69-'70, Second Battalion, 26th Marines. My testimony mainly concerns
the maltreatment and murder of Vietnamese non-combatants and the general
maltreatment of the civilian population.
DELAY. My name is Kevin
Delay. I entered the Marine Corps shortly after graduating from high
school. I served in Vietnam with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines from October
1969 to March 1970. My testimony concerns the falsification of body
count reports.
ECKERT. My name is Ted
Eckert. I'm 21 years old and I'm a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. I
entered the Marine Corps in March 1968 and was sent to Nam July of the
following year. I was attached to Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st
Marine Air Wing. My testimony deals with harassment fire from the air,
burning of villages from the air, and black marketeering in Da Nang
itself.
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