Hackworth added that "the 9th Division had the lowest weapons-captured-to-enemy-killed ratio in Vietnam." According to Hackworth, Ewell's policies would later earn him the nickname the "Butcher of the Delta" from members of the 9th Division. Nick Turse in his book Kill Anything That Moves asserts that "free fire zones", where any human present could be killed, helped the 9th Division achieve an unlikely enemy-to-GI kill ratio of 134:1 in April 1969.
Hackworth stated that "the 9th Division had the lowest weapons-captured-to-enemy-killed ratio in Vietnam." According to Hackworth, Ewell's policies would later be known as the "Butcher of the Delta" by members of the 9th Division. Nick Turse in his book "Kill Anything That Moves" claims that "free fire zones," where any human could be killed, enabled the 9th Division to achieve an improbable enemy-to-GI kill ratio of 134:1 in April 1969.