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> Let me also call your attention to Joseph L. > Galloway's recent article > in U. S. News that discredits the Associated Press's > Pulitzer Prize > winning expose of last September concerning the > alleged massacre at No > Gun Ri, Korea, 26 July 1950. Mr. Galloway, using > primary documents, > demonstrates that many of the self-proclaimed > eye-witnesses are > fraudulent. > > Mr. Hersh and the Associated Press, it would appear, > have little to > tell us about history but much to tell us about > contemporary American > journalism. > > Robert Cook > Historian > Galloway did not discredit the AP story at all. Sure, there were some inconsistencies and shortcomings. Yet the overall thrust is still valid: American troops shot a number of unarmed Korean civilians. The issue is whether or not the shooting was ordered. BTW, The New York Times ran a few articles about the case this past week. Regards, Jorg Bottger Independent Scholar
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