Jon Turner went to Iraq with an Arabic phrase tattooed on his wrist. It says ‘fuck you.’ “I got that because it was my choking hand. Anytime I felt the need to take out aggression, I would go ahead and use it.” But in his video testimony, and through the use of video and photographs from his tour, Turner recounts the mistakes that he made. That everybody in Iraq made. “On April 18, 2006, I had my first confirmed kill. This man was innocent,” he says. In case of such mistakes, the company carried Iraqi weapons to drop, Turner recalls. They instigated fights and sprayed bullets like sugar. “I just want to say that I’m sorry for the hate and destruction that I’ve inflicted on innocent people…” Turner says. “I am no longer the monster that I once was.”
Editors Note: Audio has been corrected