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Published on: 3/24/2003
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Terry Anderson, a history professor at Texas A &M University in College Station, Texas, says the military reported at least 600 murdered in fragging incidents, with another 1,400 dying under mysterious circumstances.In 1970 alone, 383 were believed killed by fragging. The increase in the attacks led superiors not to trust the troops they were commanding and others to negotiate with their troops rather than deal in the traditional military commands, Anderson said.Ultimately, it led the U.S. Army to come to a realization: it had reached the lowest morale of all time, Anderson said. "The Army was at war with itself over the war in Vietnam by the early '70s," he said.