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Saturday 16th of March 1968

56 years ago



Between 347 and 504 unarmed people are killed by the U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division led by 25-year-old American hero and mass murderer William Calley in Mỹ Lai, Sơn Mỹ, Sơn Tịnh District, Vietnam.

Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Calley 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.


More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre