The Legend Lives
“I don"t see how this council can afford not to make every effort to turn this setback into a shining victory for the Indian Nation,” Aaron Mandel preached to the choir at a special meeting of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Phoenix that morning. They had called the session to discuss the announcement by the Department of the Army the day before. It was determined there was insufficient evidence to justify allegations of war crimes against Captain Michael Marion and his unit. Posthumous honors bestowed upon the unit after being declared missing in action would remain official.
The military tribunal based its decision on the fact that recon patrols from both Fort Mc Dowell and Fort Apache had scored the area for months in search of the unit after their disappearance, to n
