The My Lai Massacre: The History of the Vietnam War’s Most Notorious Atrocity by Charles River Editors

The My Lai Massacre: The History of the Vietnam War’s Most Notorious Atrocity by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors [Editors, Charles River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Vietnam, War & Military
ISBN: 9781508862901
Google: R9ZWrgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1508862907
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-03-15T00:00:00+00:00


Captain Medina has repeatedly denied giving an explicit order directing his men to kill everyone in the village, and given the fact that he was later placed on trial for his actions at My Lai, Calley’s account may well be self-serving. Even so, the reports of several other members of Charlie Company, many of whom did not themselves face trial, support Calley’s story in its essentials. Sergeant Hodges, for example, characterized Medina’s briefing this way:

“This was a time for us to get even. A time for us to settle the score. A time for revenge—when we can get revenge for our fallen comrades.



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