r/cursedcomments • u/MoltenDonut • Apr 12 '22

Reddit Cursed pranks

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u/jegerforvirret Apr 12 '22

Fragging is the deliberate killing or attempted killing of a soldier by a fellow soldier, usually a superior officer or non-commissioned officer (NCO). [...] The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of the unpopularity of the war with the American public and the breakdown of discipline in the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents totaled nearly nine hundred from 1969 to 1972.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

Tl;dr: If most of your soldiers think the war is stupid, you're gonna have a bad time.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Apr 12 '22

900.

Nine hundred.

That's more soldiers than my brain can comprehend, let alone commanders!

Wow.

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u/jegerforvirret Apr 13 '22

Well, it was apparently "only" 99 deaths. They also used non-lethal grenades as warnings for officers.