 Journalists and scholars subsequently noted that the U.S. report either did not address , or presented incomplete versions , of key declassified documents , some previously reported in the news media . News reports pointed out that the U.S. review , in describing the July 1950 Air Force memo , did not acknowledge that it said refugees were being strafed at the Army 's request . Researchers found that the U.S. review had not disclosed the existence of U.S. Air Force mission reports during this period , documenting the strafing of apparent refugee groups , and air strikes in the No Gun Ri vicinity . The report did not address the commanders ' July 26 – 27 , 1950 , instructions in the 25th Infantry Division , saying that civilians in the war zone would be considered unfriendly and shot . In saying that no such orders were issued at No Gun Ri , the Army did not disclose that the 7th Cavalry log , which would have held such orders , was missing from the National Archives . 
