The true story of what happened in my lai has never been told before this video explores how a group of ordinary young americans could. Army unit of about 105 men entered an undefended village on the coast of central vietnam and murdered around five hundred old men, women, and children in cold blood. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. And the sham of the subsequent investigation and trial.
Despite finding only a few weapons, calley ordered his men to begin shooting the villagers. The operation lasted four hours and in that time, us troops had. For those who dont know, heres a brief summary of my lai. Sloan foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and pbs stations.
This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Not only the brutal and senseless massacre of innocent villagers in my lai, but the way the massacre was covered up through to the highest levels of government. Skype calling with alexa is currently available in the us, the uk, canada, india, australia, new zealand, france, germany, italy, mexico and spain. Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 my lai massacre in viet. Funding for my lai provided by liberty mutual insurance, the alfred p. Four hours in my lai, anatomy of a massacre youtube. Four hours in my lai is a 1989 television documentary made by yorkshire television concerning the 1968 my lai massacre by the u. Simply ask alexa to call any of your skype contacts or read a phone number out loud to call it. Documentary about the infamous my lai pinkville massacre in 1968 during the viet nam war in which us troops killed nearly 500 civilians. The four hours in my lai archive, 19641992, relates to the massacre of hundreds of vietnamese civilians on 16 mar 1968, by members of c company, 1st battalion, 20th infantry, 11the light infantry brigade, us army, at tu cung sub hamlet known to us army as my lai 4 in the pinkville region, my lai hamlet, son my village, son tinh district. Army, my lai massacre, vietnam, 1968, war crimes history, vietnam publisher london.
American soldiers in vietnam killed more than 500 civilians in a period of four hours on march 16, 1968, in the village of my lai. Four hours in my lai bilton, michael, sim, kevin on. Download skype for your computer, mobile, or tablet to stay in touch with family and friends from anywhere. With regard to my lai, four hours in my lai is an excellent source. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Us soldiers killed 504 innocent vietnamese villagers at my lai in vietnam on march. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Battle of long tan documentary vietnam war narrated by sam worthington. Reach friends, family or colleagues worldwide from your amazon alexa device.
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