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Bookmark or Share- 50 years ago, the My Lai massacre shamed the US militaryThe My Lai massacre was the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history, but not an aberration in America’s war in Vietnam. The U.S. military’s own records, filed discreetly away for three decades, described 300 other cases of what could fairly be described as war crimes.
- My Lai Massacre: Vietnam War & Colin Powell ‑ HISTORYA 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...
- My Lai massacre - WikipediaThe My Lai massacre (/ m iː l aɪ / MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a United States war crime committed 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 Massacre | Facts, Map, & Photos | BritannicaMy Lai Massacre, mass killing of as many as 500 unarmed villagers by U.S. soldiers in the hamlet of My Lai on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Charlie Company
- DONATE - The Army Historical FoundationOn 16 March 1968—fifty years ago—First Lieutenant William L. “Rusty” Calley, Jr., and his platoon murdered at least 300 Vietnamese civilians (and perhaps as many as 500) at a small South Vietnamese sub-hamlet called My Lai. This article examines what really happened in the “My Lai Incident,” or the “My Lai Massacre” as it is sometimes called.
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