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...saddens me that a lot of innocent people died in Haditha. The members of Kilo Company apparently abused their power while serving there. Perhaps they were confused because they can't distinguish friend from foe. It's as though the My Lai massacre had happened again, albeit on a smaller scale. One thing is sure: history does repeat itself...
COMPANY A group of platoons, commanded by a captain or lieutenant. Kilo is led by a captain...
PART OF. . . BATTALION Kilo is one of five companies making up the 3rd Marine Battalion, which is led by a lieutenant colonel
...Miguel's death, the result of an improvised explosive device set by insurgents, that appears to have led to the killings now under investigation. Miguel was Martin's best friend, but Miguel had other brothers, the Marines of Kilo Company. "They were like another family to him," says Martin, who reveled in the stories of Miguel and his military comrades. On nights off from training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Miguel and his fellow Marines would carouse along the winding alleys of Tijuana, across the border in Mexico. Sometimes Miguel would get lost, especially when the cervezas flowed and the se?...
...were of close calls and near Solomonic decisions. On one occasion, Miguel had to use his rifle to pick off an insurgent who had a young boy standing next to him. He killed the rebel without hurting the boy. On a search-and-destroy mission in Fallujah, Miguel and Kilo Company were on a house-to-house search for insurgents and came across children sleeping next to their parents, says Martin, "except for this one guy who was working on something in the corner. My brother ordered him to turn around and put his hands up. The man turned...