tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post5542527842960208369..comments2024-02-22T12:08:18.857+00:00Comments on FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: J. D. Salinger's Band of Brothers...Frank Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515500573854371279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-73112872435642571132021-01-05T03:07:53.824+00:002021-01-05T03:07:53.824+00:00
Most likely Salinger was not directly involved in...<br />Most likely Salinger was not directly involved in fighting, although he saw the dead and destruction. The reason is that he belonged to the intelligence service of his military unit, as he spoke German. Its function was to obtain information from captured prisoners. And in that role an episode occurred that may have contributed to his trauma. He allowed a group of civilians to snatch German prisoners he was carrying with his team in his jeep for interrogation. The prisoners were lynched by the population. Salinger knew very well the significance of his moral responsibility to protect the prisoners under his guard in this unclear episode.mxblyxkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763100512643295081noreply@blogger.com