The Atrocities of the My Lai Massacre The My Lai Massacre was a horrible, unnecessary mass killing of innocent Vietnamese villagers on March 16th, 1968 in the Quang Ngai Province. “U. S. military officials suspected Quang Ngai Province as being an enemy stronghold. The U. S. targeted the province for the first major U.S. combat operation of the war. Military officials declared the province a "free-fire zone" and subjected it to frequent bombing missions and artillery attacks. By the end of 1967
Joseph Scarimbolo HIST 2112 Wed/Fri 11am Vietnam Writing 11/07/2014 (1) The official version of the My Lai assault differed greatly from soldier’s testimonies as opposed to the official view of the assault. The objective of the American military was clear, it was to search and destroy My Lai. What wasn’t clear was what to do with any civilians who we might encounter there. On March 16, 1968, Charlie Company, was ordered into combat by Captain Ernest Medina. The 150 soldiers, led by Lt. William
My Lai Disaster The horrible event that took many innocent peoples lives took place on March 16 in 1968. The May Lai Massacre destroyed many peoples lives and it was all caused by people that had no morals and did not care whether someone had a family or if they were an innocent child with a great future. No, for some reason the American army did not care about any of these things at that time. This is why the My Lai Massacre is such an important topic. Firstly, it is said by the "Vietnamese that
was sent to a small village in Vietnam called My Lai with a commander named William Calley. William Calley directly ordered the solders to kill every man, woman, child, animals
After suffering heavy losses in a short period of time, they viewed Vietnam in a new light, seeing the villagers as possible threats, a view that aided them in the eventual massacre. Charlie Company was in pursuit of the remnants of the 48th NLF Battalion, which they believed had fled into the village of Son My, of which My Lai