HONOLULU (AP) – In the chilly pre-dawn hours of April 3 in Afghanistan, Marine Lance Cpl. Harry Lew crouched down in the foxhole he'd been ordered to dig for disciplinary reasons – he'd repeatedly fallen asleep on guard duty – placed the muzzle of his gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
Three Marines – Lew's squad leader, a sergeant, and two of his fellow lance corporals – have been charged with wrongfully humiliating and demeaning Lew. The two lance corporals have also been charged with assault, and one was charged with cruelty and maltreatment.