dead-checking v. phr.— «Lopezromo said a procedure called “dead-checking” was routine. If Marines entered a house where a man was wounded, instead of checking to see whether he needed medical aid, they shot him to make sure he...
meat tag n.— «One of his 15 platoon sections moved eastward in search of wounded.…“We took the meat tags off two blokes.”» —by Peter Brune The Spell Broken: Exploding the Myth of Japanese Invincibility: Milne Bay to...