One night, a flare accidentally set a nearby field on fire. When the farmer and his sons ran to put out the blaze, U. S. troops killed them, thinking they were being attacked.

一天半夜，附近地面上偶然燃起了大火，一个农民和他的几个儿子迅速冲过去扑灭，美军士兵误以为有人前来袭击，于是开火，灭火的父子当即毙命。

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