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My Lai a village in S Vietnam where in 1968 US troops massacred over 400 civilians My Lai American army division annihilates population of entire Vietnamese hamlet (March 16, 1968). [Am. Hist.: Kane, 450] See : Genocide How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After the My Lai massacre, the peace activists and others began referring to all veterans of that war as 'murderers' and 'baby killers. Le Dan's "Child of My Lai" shares the common language of experience with Richard Ryan's "From My Lai the Thunder Went West," and former U. Despite the fact that the Vietnam war was a moral morass, there emerged from it some principled men who were so horrified by what the writers call the "grotesque and horrible and shaming" truth about My Lai that they were not afraid to act upon their claims of conscience. |
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