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Friday, March 16th, 2018

My Lai Massacre 50th Anniversary - March 16, 1968

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most shameful episodes in the military history of the United States. On that day in 1968, in the course of four hours, a company of American soldiers in Vietnam systematically slaughtered over 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women, children and the elderly, in the village of My Lai in Quang Ngai… [Read Full Article]