Entry 76 · Book chapter 77
June 4 1944
A brutal act of vigilante revenge against Moroccan soldiers accused of atrocities is reported, carried out with ritualized, disturbing cruelty.
Reflections
Selective reporting of Allied troops' crimes
After describing the vigilante killing of five Moroccan soldiers in reprisal for earlier atrocities, Lewis wonders drily whether any account of the episode will make it into the Allied Psychological Warfare Bureau's bulletin.
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