BoB: did Spiers really gun down those kraut prisoners?
 

Remember how there was uncertainty as to whether or not Spiers tommy-gunned all those German prisoners? Well, did he really do it? (And give me your source for your answer, it better be reliable - no, not Old Reliable.)

Yes, he did.

I read the book, I'll see if I can find it.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":1b8aa]Yes, he did.

I read the book, I'll see if I can find it.[/quote:1b8aa]

Did he really? I thought it was never actually confirmed, Spiers just let the rumor stand to enhance his administration powers on the battlefield.

But I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

Yeah...

well someone check the BoB book

...wasn't it alluded to in that ep when Gonorrhea was talking to that kraut
pow that grew up in America??....the he was called away and the other soldier
(Speirs, I thought) offered the pows cigarettes....then you heard the mg fire
and saw Gonorrhea saying "oh shit"....wasn't that it? oOo:

Yes.

Its a rumor and still to this day is i believe

[quote="Eight Ace":61828]...wasn't it alluded to in that ep when Gonorrhea was talking to that kraut
pow that grew up in America??....the he was called away and the other soldier
(Speirs, I thought) offered the pows cigarettes....then you heard the mg fire
and saw Gonorrhea saying "oh shit"....wasn't that it? oOo:[/quote:61828]

I thought it was malarky who spoke to the german who was born in america.
and when the guys are sitting about eating german cheese from a tube, they start talking about the rumour, and there are flashbacks where the pows are in a field, not at the side of the road.
so was their not two accounts of him mowing down pows??
i mean correct me where im wrong of course...

The greatest and most realistic thing Spiers ever did was the runnin through flak88 and then running past a line of Germans.

It's true to which is awesome.

[quote="Captain Bunny":f7a7f][quote="Eight Ace":f7a7f]...wasn't it alluded to in that ep when Gonorrhea was talking to that kraut
pow that grew up in America??....the he was called away and the other soldier
(Speirs, I thought) offered the pows cigarettes....then you heard the mg fire
and saw Gonorrhea saying "oh shit"....wasn't that it? oOo:[/quote:f7a7f]

I thought it was malarky who spoke to the german who was born in america.
and when the guys are sitting about eating german cheese from a tube, they start talking about the rumour, and there are flashbacks where the pows are in a field, not at the side of the road.
so was their not two accounts of him mowing down pows??
i mean correct me where im wrong of course...[/quote:f7a7f]
I actually watched Episode 3 last night, and it was Malarkey who was talking to the German prisoner. When they start talking about it, there are like 3 rumors....One with Speirs killing 20 prisoners, one with Speirs killing 8 prisoners, and one with Speirs not doing it at all.

...sounds right, all I recall is the pows, the cigarettes and the shooting.

so why did he do it if he actually did it?

Well, I wouldn't doubt it, because Spiers was as renegade as Winters was by the book, though they were both good officers. If the incident was real, Spiers could have gotten away with it in World War II. Today, he would be arrested and sent to prison.

so i guess no one knows oOo: