The Army is dismissing a charge of cowardice against a soldier who apparently was traumatized when he saw an Iraqi soldier cut in half by machine gun fire. The staff sergeant still faces a lesser count. That count is dereliction of duty....
Not since the Vietnam War has the Army punished a soldier for being too scared to do his duty. But on Friday, Sgt. Georg Andreas Pogany will appear in front of military court here to face charges he was a coward....