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date: 18 May 2025

My Lai. 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author(s):
Richard MoserRichard Moser

The My Lai massacre was an atrocity committed by American troops during the Vietnam War. Charlie Company, Americal Division, was assigned to the My Lai area, where the National Liberation Front (known as the Viet Cong) fought with land mines, booby traps, and hit-and-run attacks. In the weeks before the massacre, Charlie Company suffered heavy casualties but never engaged the enemy. On ... ...

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