Daily Mail: Vietnam marks 50 years since My Lai massacre: More than 1,000 gather to mark one of the most notorious episodes in U.S. military history where 504 unarmed civilians were gunned down by troops
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* Some 504 unarmed civilians were killed by U.S. soldiers on March 16, 1968 in Son My, Quang Ngai Province
* Among those slaughtered in the attack were 182 women - 17 of whom were pregnant - and 173 children
* More than 1,000 people remembered victims of the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history
Vietnam has marked 50 years since the horrific My Lai massacre in a memorial ceremony at the site of the killings.
On Friday more than 1,000 people gathered to remember the victims of the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history.
Some 504 unarmed civilians were butchered by American soldiers on March 16, 1968 in Son My, Quang Ngai Province, making it one of the worst recorded U.S. war crimes committed in the 20th century.
Among them were 182 women - 17 of whom were pregnant - and 173 children.
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More News On The My Lai Massacre
Vietnam commemorates 50th anniversary of My Lai massacre -- AP
50 years ago, US troops massacred more than 500 civilians in Vietnam during the My Lai massacre -- Business Insider/Reuters
My Lai Massacre Of 1968 Continues To Resonate In America -- NPR
Lessons for the US from My Lai, 50 years after the massacre -- Clare Richardson, DW
‘It was a Rampage’: My Lai Massacre 50 Years Later -- Sputnik
The My Lai Massacre -- Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker
4 comments:
We know of this bad stuff since it became public...for casual mentions of atrocities done by our soldiers, and referred to as just a day's work, read this oral history.
The Gestapo had nothing on these guys, and the cover up was incredulous.
The Mai Lai Massacre was performed by poorly trained front line combat troops on a civilian population concealing Viet Cong operators in their midst (their own sons and daughters likely). Mai Lai was a hotbed of Viet Kong activity. Not excusing the US troops conduct, murder is always inexcusable, but the leftist liars attacking the US always leave out the part about the villagers concealing the Viet Cong.
Rod what you say is probably true but it comes down to what what was the justification
for Americans being there in the first place?
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