16 Mar 1968 - 50th Anniversary - My Lai Massacre - Lest We Forget

[FJAG]

Today is the fiftieth anniversity of the My Lai Massacre.

Story focusing on the events of the day and on photographer Ron Haeberle whose photographs brought the incident to first public and eventually military attention.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/my-lai-massacre-ron-haeberle_us_5aa9938be4b078f94f344f8c

The Wikipedia thumbnail of the incident is here:

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

And the full Peers Commission Report is here:

https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/Peers_inquiry.html

 

[dimsum]

Update: Apparently William Calley died in Apr but is just being reported now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/william-calley-dead-my-lai-massacre/

 

[brihard]

Update: Apparently William Calley died in Apr but is just being reported now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/william-calley-dead-my-lai-massacre/

And nothing of value was lost.

I hope he spent his life haunted by what he did.

 

[OldSolduer]

And nothing of value was lost.

I hope he spent his life haunted by what he did.

Him and many others.