""Both part and parcel of the same ambush that was undoubtedly being set. I know you guys don't believe it but once the shit hits the fan it does become remarkably black and white, and depending upon what side you are on, the other guys ARE the bad guys along with anyone who is prepared to help them. For you to survive they all become targets.""

Oh well, that explains it all.

It was combat, so killing off a man too badly wounded to crawl, let alone fight, is fully justified.

And please don't try to convince anyone here that he would not have been killed, even if the van had never come into the picture. That bastard's trigger finger was itching so bad, he was always going to find a reason to shoot.

If you believe what you are saying, perhaps you would like to compose a letter of apology to all those executed Germans, for what our countries did to them. After all, you heartily endorse the kind of actions for which they were tried, convicted, and hanged.

Don T.