'the weight' - fragging the lieutenant in vietnam

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In U.S. Vietnam-era military slang, to frag meant to kill a fellow soldier by throwing a fragmentation grenade at the victim.

A veteran chillingly explains in a logical, step-by-step fashion how and why his commanding officer met this fate.

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[gizmo420420]

Hey afamreport ur doing a good thing let the american ppl know how stupid and pointless the vietnam war was

[afamreport]

Hey, Gizmo.

Please have as many folks in your network as possible check out these videos. I need to get as many views as possible so I can get this thing done!

Thanks!

[afamreport]

I doubt it. Vietnam was a special time and place. Please have your friends watch the clips. I need numbers to draw attention so I can finish this doc.

Thanx!

[TheIronicBanana]

@gizmo420420 dude people realize that, but please have some respect for the veterans, it is not there fault, they were just serving their country.

[righthand48]

Soldiers serving under Lieutenant William L. Calley Jr. secretly considered fragging him after he marched them into danger, resulting in a soldier's death. Calley did this on orders from above, marching his men into their intended deaths, to ensure details of the Mi Lai Massacre were not disclosed. Dead men tell no tales!

[matchesison]

@matchesison depends. is he a butter bar in the Marine Corps or Army?

[Metaldisciple666999]

@sumadinac92 Its a large number, but you have concider that tere was 536,000 troops in Vietnam and around 11 years of American involvement its not as big as you think but still notcieable.

[waiting4thesun64]

this was a really great video, i've never seen anything on fragging, i though it was something they wouldn't admit, or discuss cuz they don't want to get into trouble, but i understand now, that nothing can happen cuz its like 40 or so years later. lol great video

[sumadinac92]

there were atleast 233 confirmed cases of fragging in NAM and 1400 more unsolved killings of officers.Thats quite large number.

[slizzler1]

thanks for the info.

[matchesison]

If he is an Officer, he sure does'nt type like one. All officers I know type correctly . Officers usually don't type a sentence with 6 comma's or a paragraph with only two periods. They don't misspell words like "endagered".

If he is an Officer, he is probably one who would be fragged. He assumes too much and sounds cocky. I don't think he is Army at all.

You are correct though. The number of fragging deaths was much higher. 600 to 1400 cases.

[slizzler1]

Good comment except the last sentence. Why like an idiot, did you get off assuming I'm 'army' based on my non-offensive neutral observation?

I made a simple comment relating to a documentary I saw in which 'fragging' was mentioned. Anyway, I won't doubt who you say you are, but if you weren't in 'nam you can't talk about why fragging took place UNLESS you heard from vets back then who told you why.

Also can you direct me to the source of the 'higher number'? I'm curious about facts.

[HealingVibrations]

the number was much higher, its the difference between the israeli military and the american, the american army does has many ethical christian warriors that fragged the 2nd louies in vietnam, most of the officers were deserving of the fragging too, they killed innocent vietnamese civilians and children, ordered massacres and endagered the lives of decent american soldiers, i am a US army airborne ranger medic officer and i speak the truth. So if your in the US army dont be an idiot be smart.