Re: Obstacles
From: jatkins6@i... (John Atkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 06:43:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Obstacles
You wrote:
>XXX I think I heard something about the Commander of the Para Reg
> shot down while under a flag of truce. It seems his men took
> that as a personal insult and a fight to the death announcement
> by the Argentines. JTL XXX
By custom, firing on a sign of truce is considered a no-quarter
announcement. In other words, no prisioners will be taken by either
side. I'd cap some genius that popped someone under a flag of truce,
too.
John M. Atkinson