In January 1968, a group of American soldiers called the “Charlie Company,” who were an overpass of soldiers, arrived in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam , and they were ordered to go on a search and destroy mission. From there, it all went downhill.
On March 16, 1968, there were more than 400 Vietnamese civilization in My Lai and Khe combined. This was one of the darkest days in the nation's military …show more content…
In march, 1968, the Charlie Company, were told that Viet Cong guerrillas took cover in the Quang Ngai village of My Lai. The overpass of shoulders entered one of the four helmets, My Lai 4, and they were on a mission. This took place on March 16 (morning) and was on an assignment for a search and destroy. They found helpless villagers, mostly women, old men, and children, rather than the guerrillas, whom they were expecting to see. After, according to the United States Army, 347 deaths were occurred. Others estimate more than 400 combining the killed and injured and the Vietnamese government lists 504 killed in total from My Lai and My Khe. Earlier that year, the Vietnam Veterans were against the War organization, that led by John Kerry. John Kerry sponsored hearings in Detroit, where the veterans were testing if they had taken part in or heard of other stories. Everything that happened at My Lai had more and more public, that in 1971, they were beginning to lose their public