Diane Morales Mr. Gibson American History February 14‚ 2013 My Lai Massacre Unfortunate event occurred at Pink Vile when the Charlie Company was there. The Geneva Convention was clearly violated when captain Medina and Lt. Calley were giving orders to shoot innocent civilians. There was a year cover up of the My Lai Massacre in the time military forces were looking for excuses to justify their actions. Why was Lt. Calley the only one held accountable and was his punishment fair? Who should have
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My Lai Massacre How Important was the My Lai Massacre in Generating Support for the Peace Protest Movement? The Peace Protest Movement was a time in the Vietnam war when people disagreed with it. This was because of a number of things. The amount of money it was costing‚ The amount of people killed‚ but it originated largely from the massacre at My Lai. The reason that the happenings in My Lai‚ 1968 were so unpopular is because it was the first time that people back home‚ in USA and
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Lieutenant William Calley and the My Lai Massacre Very few things in our world bring about resentment‚ bewilderment‚ and anger as easily as the massacre of innocent civilians. It seems that the history of the Vietnam War includes some well known instances that involved the massacre of innocent people. This could be for many reasons‚ stress‚ anger‚ U.S. sentiments towards the war‚ and even plain hatred of the massacred people. The most infamous account of the slaughtering of civilians took
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AMH 2020 My Lai Response Paper August 7‚ 2012 In 1968 on March 16 American soldiers invaded the village of My Lai and murder over 500 hundred innocent civilians including elderly men women and children. These murders have been going on all throughout Vietnam so it was an example of continuity. The only person who seems to know that this is wrong is a helicopter pilot named Hugh Thompson. He orders the American troops to cease their fire or he will shoot them. Pictures of the massacre lead the U
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-Over forty-one years after the My Lai Massacre‚ when US troops killed more than 500 men‚ women and children in Vietnam‚ the former Army lieutenant who was convicted for his role in the killings has publicly apologized. William Calley was the only US soldier held legally responsible for the slayings. He was convicted on twenty-two counts of murder‚ and his sentence was later commuted by President Reagan. Last week‚ William Calley publicly apologized for the first time‚ saying‚ “There is not a day
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MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY The Vietnam controversy made many people feel at distress. It was never considered a "war‚" although that is exactly what it was. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram ’s "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre. According to Kelman & Hamilton‚ "Unquestioning obedience has been the cause of such disasters as the My Lai massacre and the Holocaust
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The My Lai massacre 1. Sources 33 and 34 do and don’t make to same point. Source 33 is about they are going to kill the idea of communism not just to kill people‚ but to kill the thinkers on communism. Source 34 is about how men were going to war but not the kill innocent people. It also talks about the idea of Nazi’s that they are not killing for the sake of killing‚ but killing to get something across. 2. I think that it took twelve months for people to do something about the massacre because
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The Sand Creek Massacre and the Massacre of My Lai The Sand Creek massacre refers to the killings and post-mortem mutilations of many members of the southern band of Cheyennes led by Black Kettle and the band of Arapahoes led by Left Hand at Sand Creek in Colorado on and after November 29‚ 1864. The number of those killed numbered from 100 to 500 within these materials. Some witnesses‚ such as John Smith‚ and others claimed that most of the victims were women and children‚ but others‚ such as John
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To What Extent Did The My Lai Massacre Impact On The Vietnam War I am going to be looking at how My Lai Massacre impacted on the war in Vietnam. There were many factors that affected the war‚ but the My Lai Massacre was quite an important one. The My Lai Massacre took place on the 16th of March 1968. Charlie Company was the company that went to attack the village of My Lai. They had been told that there were Viet Cong hiding in the village‚ but the rumours were false‚ so the company decided to
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In an attempt to find the Vietcong‚ American troops went on a search-and-destroy mission through South Vietnam‚ including a small hamlet called My Lai. The soldiers murdered between three hundred to five hundred innocent civilians (Benson). However‚ the brutal executions of the American soldiers were not reported‚ but instead‚ superiors simply claimed that American troops had a victory over the
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