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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It looks like the source is a memoir written by a soldier. So I guess you'd have to take that one guy's word for it, assuming interviews etc. with other people who would have seen the same event don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I err on the side of people, especially people from generations prior to being able to verify a lot of stuff on the internet, being entirely full of shit.