My Lai: Remembering an American Atrocity in Vietnam, March 1968 - LIFE
On March 16, 1968, hundreds (various estimates range between 347 and 504) of elderly people, women, children and infants were murdered by more than 20 members of “Charlie” Company, United States’ 1st Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment. Some of …
My Lai Massacre: Vietnam War & Colin Powell - HISTORY
Nov 9, 2009 · A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai...
Remembering the My Lai Massacre: Seymour Hersh on …
Jun 20, 2018 · In 1970, Seymour Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on how the U.S. slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. The...
My Lai: Remembering an American Atrocity in Vietnam, March 1968 - TIME
Mar 13, 2013 · On March 16, 1968, hundreds (various estimates range between 347 and 504) of elderly people, women, children and infants were murdered by more than 20 members of “Charlie” Company, United...
My Lai massacre - Wikipedia
The My Lai massacre (/ m iː l aɪ / mee ly; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a war crime committed by the United States Army on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1]
MY LAI: A STAIN ON THE U.S. ARMY - War Room - Army War …
Jun 27, 2018 · The massacre at My Lai occurred about six weeks after the start of the Communists’ Tet Offensive. The Tet attacks shook South Vietnam and surprised many Americans even though the communists’ gambit failed to defeat U.S. and South Vietnamese forces.
My Lai: 50 years after, American soldiers’ shocking crimes must be ...
Mar 16, 2018 · If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth recalling the grotesque details, in the hope of preventing a future My...
The My Lai Massacre - The New Yorker
Jan 14, 1972 · Early on March 16, 1968, a company of soldiers in the United States Army’s Americal Division were dropped in by helicopter for an assault against a hamlet known as My Lai 4, in the bitterly...
FRONTLINE: previous reports: transcripts: remember my lai - PBS
Remember My Lai. Originally Broadcast: May 23, 1989 . NARRATOR: In 1968 at a Vietnamese village called My Lai, American soldiers masaacred hundreds of unarmed civilians.
My Lai Massacre - Cover-up, Investigation, Legacy | Britannica
Oct 21, 2024 · On April 24, 1968, Col. Oran Henderson, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, concluded that 20 civilians had been accidentally killed at My Lai, either in the opening artillery barrage or in crossfire between U.S. and Viet Cong forces, and that Thompson’s report was false.