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The My Lai massacre ( / ˌmiːˈlaɪ /; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Tịnh district, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1]
William Calley. William Laws Calley Jr. (born June 8, 1943) is a former United States Army officer, war criminal, and mass murderer who was convicted by court-martial for the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by ...
Ronald L. Haeberle (born 1941) is a former United States Army combat photographer best known for the photographs he took of the My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968. The photographs were definitive evidence of a massacre, making it impossible for the U.S. Army or government to ignore or cover up. [2] On November 21, 1969, the day after the ...
By James Pearson QUANG NGAI, Vietnam (Reuters) - Vietnam marked 50 years since the My Lai massacre on Friday in a memorial ceremony at the site of the killings that was attended by survivors of ...
Hugh Thompson Jr. Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside Glenn ...
Release. 2 May 1989. ( 1989-05-02) Four Hours in My Lai is a 1989 television documentary written and directed by Kevin Sim for Yorkshire Television concerning the 1968 My Lai Massacre by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The film includes interviews with soldiers at the massacre, and the later trials of those involved.
Lawrence Colburn. Lawrence Manley Colburn (July 6, 1949 – December 13, 2016) was a United States Army veteran who, while serving as a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War, intervened in the March 16, 1968 Mỹ Lai massacre . Born in Coulee Dam, Washington, Colburn grew up in Mount Vernon, with his father (a veteran contractor from World War ...
Sơn Mỹ Memorial. The Sơn Mỹ Memorial ( Di tích Sơn Mỹ) is a memorial to victims of the My Lai Massacre in Son My, Vietnam. The monument was sculpted and donated by Vietnamese artist Ho Thu, husband of Vo Thi Lien, who was one of the few survivors of the atrocity. She was only 13 years old at the time. [citation needed]