May 11th, 2004  
RnderSafe
Milforum Moderator
 
 
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1) When did the US adopt this policy for our enemies? (If my memory serves me correctly it was at Nuremberg).
Yes.

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2) When did the US adopt this policy for US soldiers? (My guess would be Vietnam?)
In 1953, the DoD adopted the Nuremberg Principles as "official policy" of the United States.
 
 
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