MR SMITH
Now why - yes, here he also says, they asked him "how did you give the order to fire?"  He says that he pressed a - I presume a precell switch and shouted loud to open fire, all company commanders on the net could hear this and "the members in my vicinity heard my verbal command.  The company commanders all of them confirmed that they heard the command and also confirmed the same way when I ordered cease fire."  From what he says it appears to me that an order was given to all company commanders to order their troops to open fire whether they were in danger or not?