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US ARMY FIRING SQUAD PROCEDURES: 1. Prisoner (the condemned traitor) is standing at attention hands are bound in handcuffs! 2. A heart target is placed by a US Army medical officer over the heart area. This will be the target. 3. A hood is placed over the head.4. The execution party (12 man Army Military Police firing squad) stands in formation; prepares to fires on command!5. Assigned Military Police Lieutenant gives the order: “Ready, Aim, FIRE!” Lieutenant is holding a saber. 12 rifles with 11 real bullets, and 1 blank! 6. A medical officer then examining the prisoner and announces if he is DEAD! 7. Body of prisoner is turned over to Mortuary Affairs for burial. No military honors will be given at the funeral. Prisoner is not allowed to be buried in a Military Cemetery!🔥🔥🔥- Source: 1944 War Department regulation pamphlet / DA Pam 27-4 (Procedure for Military Executions, 1947)!