Vennema says nothing of the kind. Her body was found with legs and hands tied, a rag stuffed into her mouth; she had no obvious wounds. (p.129) His body was found, arms tied, shot through the head, in a trench with seven others at the pagoda. (p. 131) Some of the corpses had wounds, some had their arms tied behind their backs with barbed wire, and some had their mouths stuffed with rags. (p. 132) All had their hands tied. (p. 133) It contained 25 bodies; all had been shot in the head, hands tied behind the back, and were noted when a hand was sticking halfway out of the ground. (p. 133) His hands were tied, as stated by South Vietnamese villagers who uncovered the corpse, there were no wounds to his body, hence it was supposed that he had been buried alive. (p. 134) The fact that no graves of women and children were found in the area would substantiate the allegation that the victims were killed in cold blood and not during military activity. If they had been caught during a shelling, strafing, or bombing raid some would have been wounded and had survived; others would have been dismembered. (p. 135) His body showed no sign of injury; his hands were tied behind his back. (p. 135) Some of the bodies were of uniformed men, but four were definitely civilians, one of whom was a student. (p. 136) His body was on March 1st; his hands were tied, and he had a bullet wound through his neck which had come out through the mouth. Of the many others, most had been shot and tied; there were several women among them, but no children. (p. 136) Here lay the bodies of their loved ones; their hands had been tied behind the back, and they had been shot through the head with the bullet having exited at the mouth. (p. 136) At this site 110 bodies were uncovered; again most had their hands tied and rags stuffed into their mouths. All were men, among them fifteen students, several military men, and civil servants, young and old. (p. 137) Among them were civil servants and uniformed personnel with bullet
Vennema says nothing of the kind. Her body was found with legs and hands tied, a rag stuffed into her mouth; she had no obvious wounds. (p.129) His body was found, arms tied, shot through the head, in a trench with seven others at the pagoda. (p. 131) Some of the corpses had wounds, some had their arms tied behind their backs with barbed wire, and some had their mouths stuffed with rags. (p. 132) All had their hands tied. (p. 133) It contained 25 bodies; all had been shot in the head, hands tied behind the back, and were noted when a hand was sticking halfway out of the ground. (p. 133) His hands were tied, as stated by South Vietnamese villagers who uncovered the corpse, there were no wounds to his body, hence it was supposed that he had been buried alive. (p. 134) The fact that no graves of women and children were found in the area would substantiate the allegation that the victims were killed in cold blood and not during military activity. If they had been caught during a shelling, strafing, or bombing raid some would have been wounded and had survived; others would have been dismembered. (p. 135) His body showed no sign of injury; his hands were tied behind his back. (p. 135) Some of the bodies were of uniformed men, but four were definitely civilians, one of whom was a student. (p. 136) His body was on March 1st; his hands were tied, and he had a bullet wound through his neck which had come out through the mouth. Of the many others, most had been shot and tied; there were several women among them, but no children. (p. 136) Here lay the bodies of their loved ones; their hands had been tied behind the back, and they had been shot through the head with the bullet having exited at the mouth. (p. 136) At this site 110 bodies were uncovered; again most had their hands tied and rags stuffed into their mouths. All were men, among them fifteen students, several military men, and civil servants, young and old. (p. 137) Among them were civil servants and uniformed personnel with bullet
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