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think one of the main reasons why the My Lai Massacre occurred was due to conformity. Conforming to a group of norm is powerful when it comes to ambiguous and confusing situations as what happened at My Lai. The soldiers were instructed to kill everyone in sight, whether they were old people, children, babies, or animals. The soldiers followed orders because they felt obligated to obey an authoritative figure who had power over them. The soldiers at My Lai were influenced by other soldiers who were

point in the Vietnam War occurred in the small village of My Lai, Vietnam. The hamlet of My Lai was known for being fertile Viet Cong territory. A unit of the 11th Infantry Brigade, known as the Charlie Company, was sent to My Lai on a “search and destroy” mission. Soldiers of the Charlie Company were ordered to locate and eliminate communist fighters said to be in the area. On the morning of March 16, 1968 U.S. soldiers entered My Lai and, in what was said to be a matter of hours, killed hundreds

Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre Miscommunication can lead to a disaster and cost the lives of many citizens. In 1968, a bunch of American soldiers killed between 200 and 500 unarmed citizens at My Lai located in South Vietnam (“My Lai Massacre” History). The war is known today as the My Lai Massacre. There were many questions and stories about what and why it all happened. People started to become angry at their soldiers and wondered what they were thinking. However, many did not realize that the massacre

The My Lai massacre was a very dramatic event affecting many livelihoods and destroying communities. The US Army was heavily involved in the massacre. It is believed that approximately 504 innocent Vietnamese men, women and children lost their lives to the massacre. Before the massacre Vietnam was still war-stricken with civil wars between the north and south Vietnamese people but after the US got involved many other countries came into the mix as well like Australia, China, Cambodia, North Korea

The My Lai massacre remains one of the bloodiest and most shocking incidents in the history of the Vietnam War and yet it is not widely known as an important episode within the context of the war. The reasons for this are the attempted cover up of the incident by the US Army and then the US government and also the complete lack of consequences that the perpetrators received. In this essay the event and the relevant instigators along with the lack of appropriate action that was taken against them

The My Lai massacre took place in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. To some, the occasion is considered the worst event in American military history. A group of American soldiers attacked and killed between 300 and 500 Vietnamese men, women, and children. About a year later people learned of the violent attacks made on these innocent people by newspapers and newscasts. When people heard of the attacks, it increased the animosity against war and gave the public another reason to resent the Vietnam

During the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, there were American soldiers who murdered over 300 civilians in the My Lai village. But also there were some who refused to participate in those types of murderous activities. Once the My Lai massacre was brought to the attention of American citizens, they were questioning why did some soldiers commit atrocities and some of the other soldiers did not? Hugh Thompson was asked during an interview on BBC “How could previously normal people butcher through over

wrong. We have committed many hideous crimes out of obedience instead of rebellion. The soldiers that was in the My Lai Massacre were just following the orders that were given to them. They do not know that those innocent women and children are not the Viet Congs and the soldiers believed that they were the Viet Congs. The orders were given to wipe out all of the Viet Congs in My Lai village. There were no ways to tell if the Vietnamese were Viet Congs or not. They had no choice but to follow the

I believe that both the massacre and the cover-up of the events in Vietnam are equally worse. The brutality displayed by the American soldiers in their act of killing over700 human beings at My Lai was wrong. I think that the soldiers misused command and took an advantage of the situation to act brutally. Command had earlier advised the soldiers that the village may be occupied guerrilla fighters. Instead, they found unarmed villagers who were mainly comprised of women and children. I think the soldiers

William T. Santiago, so Kaffee, Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway, and Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg fight for their justice. In “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience” authors Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton claim that the act on My Lai was an example of indefinite orders from one authority to another. The men of Charlie Company were ordered to go into the village of My Lai and destroy it in search of Viet Cong, which none were found. The massacre was covered up, but unveiled in later years, which