After The Ground War Began, Captured Iraqi Soldiers Said Any Of Them Caught By Superiors Wearing A White T-shirt Would Be Executed Because Of The Ease With Which The Shirts Could Be Used As Surrender Flags.

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After the ground war began, captured Iraqi soldiers said any of them caught
by superiors wearing a white T-shirt would be executed because of the ease
with which the shirts could be used as surrender flags. Some Iraqi soldiers
carried bleach with them to make their dark shirts white.
-- Chuck Shepherd, Funny Times, May 1991

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