战争暴行(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
战争暴行
many atrocities were committed by the americans during the invasion of sicily in 1943. on 14 july, 36 prisoners of war were gunned down near gela by their guard. us sergeant barry west. at buttera airfield, us captain jerry compton lined up his 43 prisoners against a wall, and machine-gunned them to death. west and compton were both arrested and convicted of murder. they were sent to the front, where both were later killed in action.
after the town of canicatti surrendered, some civilians were reported to be looting after they had entered a bombed out soap and food factory. at around 6 pm, an american officer and a group of soldiers entered the factory. the officer fired point-blank into the crowd, killing eight civilians. the atrocity was hushed up, and the perpetrator of the crime, lieutenant colonel mccaffrey, died in 1954.

一九四三年美军攻占西西里岛期间,暴行不少。七月十四日,在杰拉附近,美军巴里.韦斯特中士枪杀了他守卫的三十六个战俘。在布泰拉飞机场,美军杰里.康普顿上尉要他手下的四十三个战俘沿一道墙排开,然后用机关枪把他们射杀。韦斯特和康普顿后来被捕,判了谋杀罪,送到前线,战死沙场。
卡尼卡蒂镇投降之后,据报有平民走进一家炸毁了的肥皂和食物工厂抢掠。下午六点钟左右,一名美国军官和一群士兵走进工厂。那军官向群众近距离开枪,杀了八个平民。这暴行给隐瞒了。那犯罪的军官是麦卡弗里中校,一九五四年死去。