Brilliantly realized study of the infamous vietnam war atrocity in which us soldiers burned a vietnamese village to the ground, shot the livestock, raped the women, and drove 400 men, women, and children into a ditch to slaughter them with machine gun fire. Although the my lai story has been told frequently in the news media and in books and other docs including the excellent 1993 book four hours at my lai by brit journalists michael bilton and kevin. The true story of what happened in my lai has never been told before this video explores how a group of ordinary young americans could. On the morning of march 16, 1968, soldiers of charlie company, a unit of the americal divisions 11th infantry brigade arrived in the hamlet of my lai in the northern part of south vietnam. They were on a search and destroy mission to root out 48th viet cong battalion thought to be in the area.
Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 my lai massacre in vietnam, this is a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can. Buy this book this is a gutwrenching inquiry into the tragedy at my lai on march 16, 1968 when u. Four hours in my lai is a wellreferenced book that thoroughly describes the injustice and harsh reality of the massacre in my lai during the vietnam war, as well as its probable causes and how. Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 my lai massacre in vietnam, this is a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the. Army slang name for the hamlets and subhamlets in that area was pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the pinkville massacre. The book, which is still in print in the united states and. Captain medina gave the orders for the next days action at the close of that funeral.
Find books like four hours in my lai from the worlds largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked four hours in my lai also liked. And the sham of the subsequent investigation and trial. In the late afternoon, after a days march, he would. Although the my lai story has been told frequently in the news media and in books and other docs including the excellent 1993 book four hours at my lai by brit journalists michael bilton and kevin sim, this new documentary covers the entire story in detail from beginning to end. A number of the victims were raped before they were murdered. Task force barker, a battalionsize provisional unit made up of three rifle companies of the 11th infantry brigade and led. 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. The reenactment of the brutal massacre in mi lai a village in south vietnam perpetrated by american military forces on 16th of march 1968. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Watch my lai american experience official site pbs. Army troops slaughtered some 500 vietnamese villageskillings, described. Simply and courageously, four hours in my lai tells the truth about what happeneda story that should never be forgotten. As company commander captain medina had briefed the men of his company, assigned them specific missions, and dispatched them on a combat assault described as a searchanddestroy mission, into the village of my lai at about 0730 hours on 6 march 1968.
For those who dont know, heres a brief summary of my lai. One of his platoon leaders was twentyfour year old william calley. Task force barker, a battalionsize provisional unit made up of three rifle companies of the 11th infantry brigade and led by lieutenant colonel frank a. Michael bilton and kevin sim, who created the film, based a book of the same name off the documentary. Quy speaks softly at first, recalling how american soldiers had visited my. My lai 45 years laterand the unknown atrocities of. Brilliantly realized study of the infamous vietnam war atrocity in which us soldiers burned a vietnamese village to the ground, shot the livestock, raped the women, and drove 400 men, women, and children.
The television documentary four hours in my lai was broadcast as part of the first tuesday television series during 1989. The film includes interviews with soldiers at the massacre, and the later trials of those involved. The things they carried by tim obrien the things they carried. Something rather dark and bloody what happened at my lai might have stayed a secret if not for ron ridenhour. After my lai, they sent him out by himself in very dangerous areas, he crashed four, five helicopters within a two, three month period and he was beginning to. The reenactment of the brutal massacre in mi lai a village in south vietnam perpetrated by american.
As a leader, how can you positively innuence your men to have the moral courage to take action in the face of adversity. In other words, i is appended in order to show that it is in a temporary staging state. A helicopter door gunner, he flew over my lai a few days after the massacre and noticed. F rontline, produced by kevin sim and michael bilton, pbstv, 1989. The my lai tapes, audio file and transcript in vietnamese. Pdf the 1968 my lai massacre, during the vietnam war, and its aftermath can be.
Currently, the event is referred to as the my lai massacre in the united states and called. However, we also offer many healthy alternatives to typical fast food. The division planned an offensive against the hamlets of my lai, my khe, and son my. They were not love letters, but lieutenant cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. Recommended software programs are sorted by os platform windows, macos, linux, ios, android etc. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the massacre at songmy. Before march 16, 1968, there were 700 residents of the hamlet of my lai 4 in quang ngai provice. Barker, received a cordonsearchanddestroy mission with artillery and aviation support. The four hours in my lai archive, 19641992, relates to the massacre of hundreds of vietnamese civilians on 16 mar 1968, by members of c company, 1st battalion, 20th infantry, 11the light infantry brigade. Fortyfive years ago today, march 16, roughly 100 u. Four hours in my lai, part 1 of 7 90 minutes to discuss 1. Simpson committed suicide in late 1997, a few months prior to the 30 th anniversary of the my lai massacre. The continue reading four hours in my lai documentary.
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. Four hours in my lai, anatomy of a massacre youtube. The massacre at my lai and its subsequent coverup stand in the history of the vietnam war at the point where deception and selfdeception converged. One of his platoon leaders was twenty four year old william calley. Four hours in my lai paperback 1993 author michael bilton, kevin sim. My lai massacre vietnamese citizens photographed during the my lai massacre, march 16, 1968. Americans tell of usa infantry massacre and rape of allied civilian women and children in south vietnam.
Michael bilton and kevin sim, four hours in my lai new york. Quy speaks softly at first, recalling how american soldiers had visited my lai hamlet no. Within four hours, 504 men, women and children, by the residents count, would lie dead after one of the u. He claimed to be wracked with remorse after the killings, and eventually committed suicide nearly 30 years later.
Jul 12, 2017 fortyfive years ago today, march 16, roughly 100 u. My guess is that it has something to do with install. Army unit of about 105 men entered an undefended village on the coast of central vietnam and murdered around five hundred old men, women, and children in cold blood. There, a group of soldiers murdered 500 unarmed women, children and old men. Since 1964 chickfila has been the home of the original chicken sandwich with two pickles on a toasted butter bun. My lai massacre, also called pinkville massacre, mass killing of as many as 500 unarmed villagers by u.
The case study covers the background of the my lai incident, the causes of the my lai massacre, and addresses how the my lai massacre could have been prevented. My lai 45 years laterand the unknown atrocities of vietnam. Download pdf tags 19611975 1968 atrocities ernest s my lai massacre ron s vietnam vietnamese conflict william laws s. Gb0099 four hours in my lai title four hours in my lai television documentary archive dates 19641992 level of description collection level extent and medium of the unit of description quantity, bulk, or size 21 boxes, 0. With regard to my lai, four hours in my lai is an excellent source. Four hours in my lai is a 1989 television documentary made by yorkshire television concerning the 1968 my lai massacre by the u. Although all participants were alive by the time of the trials for the massacre, they were either on trial or probably felt under threat of trial.
As a soldier, how do you recognize lawful versus unlawful orders. Kevin sim is a british documentary filmmaker whose credits include once upon a time in iran, the secret life of the berlin wall, and four hours in my lai. Four hours in my lai by michael bilton, kevin sim kirkus. It features revealing new interviews with members of charlie. Private first class varnado simpson october 7, 1948 may 4, 1997 was an american soldier of the us army who participated in the my lai massacre, murdering, torturing and mutilating vietnamese villagers. They were not love letters, but lieutenant cross was. As company commander captain medina had briefed the men of his company, assigned them specific missions, and dispatched them. Download fourhoursinmylai or read fourhours inmylai online books in pdf, epub and. Mar 16, 2018 four hours in my lai is a 1989 television documentary made by yorkshire television concerning the 1968 my lai massacre by the u. With beau ballinger, yvette yzon, alvin anson, gianluca baldari. The film won an international emmy award for best documentary. You must file your initial unemployment compensation application online at uc. Not only the brutal and senseless massacre of innocent villagers in my lai, but the way the massacre was covered up through to the highest levels of government.