Harold W. Dawson and Pfc. Louden Downey are Marines in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. William Santiago was also a private in the Marines, Santiago had been suffering from his poor physical condition. Santiago witnessed a fenceline shooting where other Marines shot over the border as a bargaining chip to get off of the base. Col. Jessup learned of the fenceline shooting and instead officially gave him a transfer when he actually ordered Dawson and Downey to commit a code red on Santiago. Dawson had given Santiago food when his was confiscated, showing that Dawson cared about Santiago. Dawson and Downey did kill Santiago but they didn’t do it for any reason other than that they were ordered to and they blindly obey orders from authority due to their military
Harold W. Dawson and Pfc. Louden Downey are Marines in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. William Santiago was also a private in the Marines, Santiago had been suffering from his poor physical condition. Santiago witnessed a fenceline shooting where other Marines shot over the border as a bargaining chip to get off of the base. Col. Jessup learned of the fenceline shooting and instead officially gave him a transfer when he actually ordered Dawson and Downey to commit a code red on Santiago. Dawson had given Santiago food when his was confiscated, showing that Dawson cared about Santiago. Dawson and Downey did kill Santiago but they didn’t do it for any reason other than that they were ordered to and they blindly obey orders from authority due to their military