GRGR(20) 1904 revisited

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

In a message dated 03/05/2000 3:09:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
annoy at innocent.com writes:

<< Cops and
 soldiers are given drugs which are usually amphetamines to improve their
 functionality -- read survivability and performance. The drug of choice in
 GR is sodium amytal or penothol and not LSD. The truth drugs are very fun
 indeed. >>

In a recent documentary film about the Battle of the Bulge in WWII I recall 
mention of sodium amytal used by army doctors to treat acute battle fatigue.  
The solidier would be knocked out for twleve to fourteen hours, forced to 
re-live his experiences in nightmares, then given 48 hours to rest and 
shipped back to the front.  
Also, in re of nothing in particular, 1904 was a banner year for violence.  
The Russians & Japanese were setting new records in mass slaughter in 
Manchuria, while the American Army was turning the island of Samar in the 
Phillipines into a "Howling Wilderness" as per the orders of General Smith, 
who told his men to kill every male over the age of ten.  This was also the 
war in which the Americans started using the term "gook" to refer to their 
Asian enemies.  It was also a year of some all-time highs for lynchings in 
the USA.  

jbf