it was standing policy during WWII in the South Pacific to bayonet all of the bodies when securing an area...for the very same reasons. ZERO historical memory out there!
In WW II, and especially in the South Pacific, we didn't have a wimp with a camcorder and a kangaroo court following our troops from island to island making sure every enemy death was a righteous kill. It weas a war zone, and we fought savagery with savagery. It wasn't bean bag, people. The Japs fought dirty and we returned the favor. These vermin are no better, and they aren't in uniform. NBC better get their goody two-shoes cameraman out of Iraq, he's living on borrowed time.
My father was a rifle platoon lieutenant in the 96th Division on Okinawa. "They're not dead unless you shot 'em yourself."