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A Few Bad Men is the true story of an elite team of U.S. Marines ambushed in Afghanistan and betrayed by their own leaders. Their leader, Maj. Fred Galvin, was relieved of duty and his unit was booted from the combat zone.
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Summary of A Few Bad Men By Major Fred Galvin USMC - Willie M. Joseph
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Condemned
7 January 2008
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Incident allegedly claimed the highest number of civilian deaths and casualties due to direct fire by U.S. forces in the entire Afghan war. Major: I faced a new kind of fear, that of an enemy who wore the same uniform as I did. Maj. Fred Galvin and Capt. Sid East could face up to death if recommended for court-martial. This would be only the second Court of Inquiry (COI) for the Marine Corps in more than fifty years. The penalty for them could range from a dishonorable discharge to prison time to
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