Talk:Anthony Herbert (lieutenant colonel)/@comment-193.56.116.5-20200204024043

I met LTC Herbert in 1968 in AnKhe Vietnam when he was the IG for the 173rd Airborne Brigade. I had the honor to talk with him for at least an hour. He treated me with the utmost respect and dignity (I was a 1st Lieutenant at the time). He had a stellar reputation and he apparently did a spectacular job as the Battalion Commander of the 2nd/503rd Infantry. I certainly don't know the details of his story that he reported regarding atrocities in Vietnam, but I believe him and I am not surprised that he was demeaned and people tried to destroy his character. What he described is not hard to believe for anyone who served in an Infantry unit operating in the field engaged in combat with a vicious enemy. If you haven't experienced it, you can never imagine what these courageous men put up with day in and day out. That environment is like nothing else in life. 12 months of combat like that changes men and they do things that are beyond what they would ever do under normal circumstances. Watching your friends killed and wounded is not something very easy to deal with. The emotions run the gambit. Do atrocities happen? As sure as the sun is above us. Bottom line, I believe that LTC Anthony Herbert was a man of high moral standards and extraordinary integrity.