March 16, 1968
Mar 16, 2024 11:28:30 #
On this date Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai.
Members of Charlie Company later admitted that they had received no "hostile enemy fire from the village"
Yet when they finally withdrew they had murdered 504 unarmed civilians (predominately women, children and few fray aging old men). At least one document case of rape had also occurred.
Lest we ever forget these hideous crimes against humanity of the My Lai Massacre committed by the Armed Forces of the United States of America...
My son was 28 days old on March 16, 1968, many of the victims of the My Lai Massacre where indeed children.
How under the command of United States Army Lt. William Calley did this have to happen?
Why women and children?
Members of Charlie Company later admitted that they had received no "hostile enemy fire from the village"
Yet when they finally withdrew they had murdered 504 unarmed civilians (predominately women, children and few fray aging old men). At least one document case of rape had also occurred.
Lest we ever forget these hideous crimes against humanity of the My Lai Massacre committed by the Armed Forces of the United States of America...
My son was 28 days old on March 16, 1968, many of the victims of the My Lai Massacre where indeed children.
How under the command of United States Army Lt. William Calley did this have to happen?
Why women and children?
A group of civilian women and children before being killed by the U.S. Army during the massacre. © Ronald L. Haeberle—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
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When this photo ran in LIFE, the caption noted that Haeberle "found the bodies above on a road leading from the village."
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Mar 17, 2024 00:24:12 #
Thomas902 wrote:
On this date Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americ... (show quote)
That incident was not our finest moment.
Mar 17, 2024 09:02:28 #
Caribou
Loc: St. Louis, MO
It's difficult to recall this event. I was drafted in '69 and I can recall meeting some Vietnam vets and listening to them talk about the war in gory detail. It was scary. You can only imagine what an experience like that will do to some people.
Mar 17, 2024 09:29:42 #
Thomas902 wrote:
On this date Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americ... (show quote)
What a mess this entire war was for the US.
Mar 17, 2024 09:34:24 #
Caribou wrote:
It's difficult to recall this event. I was drafted in '69 and I can recall meeting some Vietnam vets and listening to them talk about the war in gory detail. It was scary. You can only imagine what an experience like that will do to some people.
was drafted in 69 also but fortunate enough to remain statesid in Med Corps.. saw many .. troops shot all to shit, mentally & physically...was a bad, bad deal..fk LBJ
Mar 17, 2024 09:38:42 #
Enlisted in 65’. Two tours in RVN.
Total 7 years out of 10 years SEA
Total 7 years out of 10 years SEA
Mar 17, 2024 10:12:55 #
I was 3/4 of the way through my first tour in RVN when this tragedy happened. A dark day in our military's history indeed.
Mar 17, 2024 11:13:08 #
Truth Seeker
Loc: High Mountains of the Western US
Thank the Democrats....
Initially, the three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. congressmen, including Mendel Rivers (D–SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thirty years later, these servicemen were recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.[14]
Initially, the three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. congressmen, including Mendel Rivers (D–SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thirty years later, these servicemen were recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.[14]
Mar 17, 2024 15:45:07 #
Bazbo
Loc: Lisboa, Portugal
Truth Seeker wrote:
Thank the Democrats....
Initially, the three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. congressmen, including Mendel Rivers (D–SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thirty years later, these servicemen were recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.[14]
Initially, the three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. congressmen, including Mendel Rivers (D–SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thirty years later, these servicemen were recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone.[14]
Up till now I could've sworn Nixon was a Republican. Thanks for setting the record straight.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vietnam-war-for-political-gainand-johnson-knew-about-it-newly-unclassified-tapes-suggest-3595441/
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