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The My Lai Massacre | History
In 1968, Ron Ridenhour, an infantryman in Vietnam, wrote a letter to President Nixon detailing the murder of 500 civillians by the U.S. Army in what would come to be known as the My Lai Massacre.
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The Vietnam War - My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/) was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
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50 Years After My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, Revisiting the Slaughter the U.S. Military Tried to Hide
https://democracynow.org - Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours, in what became known as the My Lai massacre. After the massacre, the U.S. military attempted to cover up what happened. But in 1969 a young reporter named Seymour Hersh would reveal a 26-year-old soldier named William Calley was being investigated for killing 109 Vietnamese civilians. Today, memorials have been held in My Lai to mark the 50th anniversary of this horrific attack.
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My Lai - Hugh Thompson
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The My Lai Massacre - Short History Documentary
The My Lai massacre claimed the lives of 504 Vietnamese civillians in one of the bloodiest crimes committed by American Troops during the Vietnam War. What makew this crime even more horrific was the way it was covered up by the military leadership. Without the efforts of brave soldiers who put a stop to the massacre and those who fought to bring it to the public's attention, it is likely the massacre would have been far worse or remained hidden.
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My Lai massacre - The most shocking episode of the Vietnam War
During the course of the Vietnam war, it is estimated by some that up to 2 million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives in Vietnam, mostly due to heavy use of bombardment and artillery. But there are also numerous instances where Vietnamese civilians were deliberately targeted, and such crimes were committed by all sides in the conflict, but when talking about the American military the My Lai massacre is perhaps the most infamous. Although it is one of several instances of indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians by American troops in Vietnam, My Lai distinguishes itself not only by the brutality of the American troops and the sheer number of victims, but also by its extensive media coverage in the US. For these reasons it would become a part of the American collective conscience of th...
published: 14 Apr 2021
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The My Lai Massacre Is Retold By Only Survivor
(15 Mar 2018) The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5:30 a.m. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure almost every rural home had during the Vietnam War, to keep residents safe.
One soldier set fire to the family's thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter. Protected under the torn bodies of his mother and his four siblings, 10-year-old Pham Thanh Cong was the only survivor.
It was March 16, 1968, 50 years ago. The American soldiers of Charlie Company, sent on what they were told was a mission to confront a crack outfit of their Vietcong enemies, met no resistance, but over three to four hours killed 504 unarmed civilians, mostly women, childre...
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Remember My Lai [Part 1 of 2]
WARNING: This video is powerful It contains very graphic interviews of the victims and perpetrators of violent atrocities. It also includes graphic photos of victims and butchered corpses. "Produced by Kevin Sim and Michael Bilton of England's Yorkshire Television. Broadcast by FRONTL--- in 1989. Recorded from Maryland Publ Television. Brief interruption to announce severe weather.
published: 28 Mar 2014
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The My Lai Massacre | History
In 1968, Ron Ridenhour, an infantryman in Vietnam, wrote a letter to President Nixon detailing the murder of 500 civillians by the U.S. Army in what would come ...
In 1968, Ron Ridenhour, an infantryman in Vietnam, wrote a letter to President Nixon detailing the murder of 500 civillians by the U.S. Army in what would come to be known as the My Lai Massacre.
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In 1968, Ron Ridenhour, an infantryman in Vietnam, wrote a letter to President Nixon detailing the murder of 500 civillians by the U.S. Army in what would come to be known as the My Lai Massacre.
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The Vietnam War - My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/) was the Vietnam War mass k...
The Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/) was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
The massacre, which was later called "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War", took place in two hamlets of Sơn Mỹ village in Quảng Ngãi Province. These hamlets were marked on the U.S. Army topographic maps as My Lai and My Khe. The U.S. military codeword for the alleged Viet Cong stronghold in that area was Pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the Pinkville Massacre. Later, when the U.S. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the Massacre at Songmy. Currently, the event is referred to as the My Lai Massacre in the United States and called the Sơn Mỹ Massacre in Vietnam.
The incident prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge in November 1969. The My Lai massacre increased to some extent domestic opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War when the scope of killing and cover-up attempts were exposed. Initially, three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue the hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. Congressmen, including Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Only after thirty years were they recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.
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The Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/) was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
The massacre, which was later called "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War", took place in two hamlets of Sơn Mỹ village in Quảng Ngãi Province. These hamlets were marked on the U.S. Army topographic maps as My Lai and My Khe. The U.S. military codeword for the alleged Viet Cong stronghold in that area was Pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the Pinkville Massacre. Later, when the U.S. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the Massacre at Songmy. Currently, the event is referred to as the My Lai Massacre in the United States and called the Sơn Mỹ Massacre in Vietnam.
The incident prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge in November 1969. The My Lai massacre increased to some extent domestic opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War when the scope of killing and cover-up attempts were exposed. Initially, three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue the hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. Congressmen, including Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Only after thirty years were they recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.
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50 Years After My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, Revisiting the Slaughter the U.S. Military Tried to Hide
https://democracynow.org - Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistan...
https://democracynow.org - Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours, in what became known as the My Lai massacre. After the massacre, the U.S. military attempted to cover up what happened. But in 1969 a young reporter named Seymour Hersh would reveal a 26-year-old soldier named William Calley was being investigated for killing 109 Vietnamese civilians. Today, memorials have been held in My Lai to mark the 50th anniversary of this horrific attack.
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The My Lai Massacre - Short History Documentary
The My Lai massacre claimed the lives of 504 Vietnamese civillians in one of the bloodiest crimes committed by American Troops during the Vietnam War. What make...
The My Lai massacre claimed the lives of 504 Vietnamese civillians in one of the bloodiest crimes committed by American Troops during the Vietnam War. What makew this crime even more horrific was the way it was covered up by the military leadership. Without the efforts of brave soldiers who put a stop to the massacre and those who fought to bring it to the public's attention, it is likely the massacre would have been far worse or remained hidden.
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The My Lai massacre claimed the lives of 504 Vietnamese civillians in one of the bloodiest crimes committed by American Troops during the Vietnam War. What makew this crime even more horrific was the way it was covered up by the military leadership. Without the efforts of brave soldiers who put a stop to the massacre and those who fought to bring it to the public's attention, it is likely the massacre would have been far worse or remained hidden.
- published: 20 Sep 2021
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The Mai Lai Massacre
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My Lai massacre - The most shocking episode of the Vietnam War
During the course of the Vietnam war, it is estimated by some that up to 2 million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives in Vietnam, mostly due to heavy use of ...
During the course of the Vietnam war, it is estimated by some that up to 2 million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives in Vietnam, mostly due to heavy use of bombardment and artillery. But there are also numerous instances where Vietnamese civilians were deliberately targeted, and such crimes were committed by all sides in the conflict, but when talking about the American military the My Lai massacre is perhaps the most infamous. Although it is one of several instances of indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians by American troops in Vietnam, My Lai distinguishes itself not only by the brutality of the American troops and the sheer number of victims, but also by its extensive media coverage in the US. For these reasons it would become a part of the American collective conscience of the time, and further fuel the already strong antiwar movement in the US. We will try to explain what exactly happened at My Lai on 16th, of march 1968. and try to determine the causes of said massacre, that became ingrained in the annals of American military history as one of the most gruesome war crimes committed by American soldiers.
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Part 1, The facts
10:04 Part 2, Why did it happen?
Sources:
- Bernd Greiner, War Without Fronts: the USA in Vietnam
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14702430601135610
Photos and video excerpts taken from:
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mylai-massacre-evidence/ (there are many far more explicit photos than the ones shown in the video)
- My Lai documentary (2010), directed by Barack Goodman
- The Vietnam war (2017), directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
- Interviews with My Lai Veterans (1971)
Links for the curious:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran_Henderson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_L._Haeberle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_babies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W._Koster
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During the course of the Vietnam war, it is estimated by some that up to 2 million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives in Vietnam, mostly due to heavy use of bombardment and artillery. But there are also numerous instances where Vietnamese civilians were deliberately targeted, and such crimes were committed by all sides in the conflict, but when talking about the American military the My Lai massacre is perhaps the most infamous. Although it is one of several instances of indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians by American troops in Vietnam, My Lai distinguishes itself not only by the brutality of the American troops and the sheer number of victims, but also by its extensive media coverage in the US. For these reasons it would become a part of the American collective conscience of the time, and further fuel the already strong antiwar movement in the US. We will try to explain what exactly happened at My Lai on 16th, of march 1968. and try to determine the causes of said massacre, that became ingrained in the annals of American military history as one of the most gruesome war crimes committed by American soldiers.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:40 Part 1, The facts
10:04 Part 2, Why did it happen?
Sources:
- Bernd Greiner, War Without Fronts: the USA in Vietnam
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14702430601135610
Photos and video excerpts taken from:
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mylai-massacre-evidence/ (there are many far more explicit photos than the ones shown in the video)
- My Lai documentary (2010), directed by Barack Goodman
- The Vietnam war (2017), directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
- Interviews with My Lai Veterans (1971)
Links for the curious:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran_Henderson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_L._Haeberle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_babies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W._Koster
Music:
- Virtutes Instrumenti by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
- published: 14 Apr 2021
- views: 220156
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The My Lai Massacre Is Retold By Only Survivor
(15 Mar 2018) The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5:30 a.m. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced t...
(15 Mar 2018) The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5:30 a.m. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure almost every rural home had during the Vietnam War, to keep residents safe.
One soldier set fire to the family's thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter. Protected under the torn bodies of his mother and his four siblings, 10-year-old Pham Thanh Cong was the only survivor.
It was March 16, 1968, 50 years ago. The American soldiers of Charlie Company, sent on what they were told was a mission to confront a crack outfit of their Vietcong enemies, met no resistance, but over three to four hours killed 504 unarmed civilians, mostly women, children and elderly men, in My Lai and a neighboring community. Vietnamese refer to the greater village where the killings occurred as Son My.
"We started hearing the screaming and moaning from our neighbors, which were followed by gunfire and grenade explosions, then the screaming and moaning stopped, and my mother knew that the American soldiers had killed people," Cong recalled this week. "I was covered with the flesh and hair of my mother and sisters and brother."
Knocked unconscious with injuries to his head and wounds on his torso from grenade fragments, Cong was saved that afternoon when his father came to retrieve the bodies.
The 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 was distinguished by the shocking one-day death toll, the stomach-churning photographs and the gruesome details exposed by a high-level U.S. Army inquiry.
An official policy of free-fire zones — from which civilians were supposed to leave upon being warned — and an unofficial code of "kill anything that moves" meant Vietnamese were constantly at risk.
Estimates of civilians killed during the U.S. ground war in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973 are generally 1 million to 2 million.
The average U.S. soldier could not be sure who the enemy was, rarely encountering one directly. They were targeted by land mines, booby traps, snipers. They were told to help, but the Vietnamese were rarely welcoming. Quang Ngai province, where My Lai is located, was a hive of communist military activity.
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(15 Mar 2018) The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5:30 a.m. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure almost every rural home had during the Vietnam War, to keep residents safe.
One soldier set fire to the family's thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter. Protected under the torn bodies of his mother and his four siblings, 10-year-old Pham Thanh Cong was the only survivor.
It was March 16, 1968, 50 years ago. The American soldiers of Charlie Company, sent on what they were told was a mission to confront a crack outfit of their Vietcong enemies, met no resistance, but over three to four hours killed 504 unarmed civilians, mostly women, children and elderly men, in My Lai and a neighboring community. Vietnamese refer to the greater village where the killings occurred as Son My.
"We started hearing the screaming and moaning from our neighbors, which were followed by gunfire and grenade explosions, then the screaming and moaning stopped, and my mother knew that the American soldiers had killed people," Cong recalled this week. "I was covered with the flesh and hair of my mother and sisters and brother."
Knocked unconscious with injuries to his head and wounds on his torso from grenade fragments, Cong was saved that afternoon when his father came to retrieve the bodies.
The 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 was distinguished by the shocking one-day death toll, the stomach-churning photographs and the gruesome details exposed by a high-level U.S. Army inquiry.
An official policy of free-fire zones — from which civilians were supposed to leave upon being warned — and an unofficial code of "kill anything that moves" meant Vietnamese were constantly at risk.
Estimates of civilians killed during the U.S. ground war in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973 are generally 1 million to 2 million.
The average U.S. soldier could not be sure who the enemy was, rarely encountering one directly. They were targeted by land mines, booby traps, snipers. They were told to help, but the Vietnamese were rarely welcoming. Quang Ngai province, where My Lai is located, was a hive of communist military activity.
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Remember My Lai [Part 1 of 2]
WARNING: This video is powerful It contains very graphic interviews of the victims and perpetrators of violent atrocities. It also includes graphic photos o...
WARNING: This video is powerful It contains very graphic interviews of the victims and perpetrators of violent atrocities. It also includes graphic photos of victims and butchered corpses. "Produced by Kevin Sim and Michael Bilton of England's Yorkshire Television. Broadcast by FRONTL--- in 1989. Recorded from Maryland Publ Television. Brief interruption to announce severe weather.
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WARNING: This video is powerful It contains very graphic interviews of the victims and perpetrators of violent atrocities. It also includes graphic photos of victims and butchered corpses. "Produced by Kevin Sim and Michael Bilton of England's Yorkshire Television. Broadcast by FRONTL--- in 1989. Recorded from Maryland Publ Television. Brief interruption to announce severe weather.
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