17-3-29 Garand Picture of the Day

[CINDERS]

Yeah that works if they did sign but I am quite sue that one certain enemydid not give a toss and shot anyone and everybody and to be captured was a disgrace, the others well induviduals probably shot them so as to deny the wounded aid. After la drang with the LZ ALBANY fiasco the VC shot wounded GI s and in return the favour was reciprocated by the US troops to the VC.

It is a fact of war and depends on the forces involved I am sure that our troops gave the japanese in NG curry.
A book I am reading at the moment is about how the waterside workers union derailed our war effort and that of the US forces by stealing, damaging equipment, strikes and refusing to load materials along with go slows.
They were paid 10 shillings an hour where as the troops were getting 6/6 shillings a day if our troops were to be let loose against the wharfies they would have shot them as it was they were thrown into the sea from tne wharf, at one point the US troops threw stun granades down a hold of the ship The book,
Australias Secret War, how the unionists sabotaged our troops in World War II.

[RT Ellis]

It is not likely that the soldier with the red cross helmet was a medic. It was common practice to detail soldiers on a rotating basis as stretcher bearers. The medics provided immediate treatment and usually didn't transport the casualty to the aid station. The stretcher bearers were sometimes provided with marked helmets and evacuated the casualties, while the medics stayed with the company.

One of my high school ROTC instructor sergeants had the Combat Medic Badge and related how a German machine gun nearly got him as he ran up a embankment the bullets nipping at his heels. He didn't mention whether he was wearing any kind of identification (helmet or arm band) but in a combat situation sorting out medics from the riflemen was probably difficult.

[Bob Seijas]

In the ETO, not in the Pacific.

[Flying10uk]

I believe that I am correct in stating that during WW2 Germany was not a signatory of the Geneva Convention but often abided by it when fighting against the allies in the West.

[Mark in Rochester]

I believe that I am correct in stating that during WW2 Germany was not a signatory of the Geneva Convention but often abided by it when fighting against the allies in the West.

A total of 53 countries signed and ratified the convention, among them Germany and the United States. Most notably, the Soviet Union did not sign the Convention. Japan did sign, but did not ratify it. During World War II, there were several major violations of the Geneva Convention.

Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - States Parties - Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 27 July 1929.