A three page paper covering the massacre at My Lai during the Vietnam war. (Bibliography included)

One of the American military's darkest wartime activities ever, the rape, torture, and murder of hundreds of innocent Vietnamese civilians within a one day period. It was an occurrence, which was initially called a massacre, then tragic and finally nothing more than an incident, which occurred during a time of war. It was a futile invasion of a small settlement in Vietnam where there were no enemies present. The soldiers, known primarily as Company C …

…ultimately responsible for the deaths of over 300 innocent non-combatants. For this atrocious crime, he served three years in prison. One would hardly think that justice was done and in the end it wasn't. Works Cited: Gershen, Martin. Destroy or Die: The True Story of My Lai. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1971 Hersh ,Seymour. The Massacre at My Lai. New York, NY: LIFE Vol. 67 No. 23; December 5, 1969 Tiede, Tom. Calley: Soldier or Killer? New York, NY: Pinnacle, 1971.