The Last Child of My Lai

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March 19, 2023

Pressure Drops

by Jeffrey St. Clair
The My Lai Massacre, where American GIs murdered 502 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, occurred 55 years ago this week. Around 11:30 on March 16, 1968, Captain Ernest Medina ordered a ceasefire of US troops under his command in the south Vietnamese village of My Lai 4. After nearly four hours of gunfire, there was silence. There […]
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Jeffrey St. Clair.

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