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U.S. policy was to shoot Korean refugees

More than a half-century after hostilities ended in Korea, a document from the war's chaotic early days has come to light - a letter from the U.S. ambassador to Seoul, informing the State Department that American soldiers would shoot refugees approaching their lines. The letter - dated the day of the Army's mass killing of South Korean refugees at No Gun Ri in 1950 - is the strongest indication yet that such a policy existed for all U.S. forces in Korea, and the first evidence that that policy was known to upper ranks of the U.S. government.
Ref. https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_...n_ri_letter_lh1

Them Shoot

I know allot of this happened because many soldiers would pose as refugees but turn and kill US soldiers after the trick had worked. This led to simply killing anyone who crossed the border. I don't believe that this is right or a good justification, but it lends a purpose and reason for doing it. Preserving ones self in war is paramount to a soldier and his men.