My Lai Pilot Hugh Thompson Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.

The hero of the My Lai massacre was helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr. Along with the members of his crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, he began observing the U.S. troops in Sơn Mỹ ...

Hugh C. Thompson Jr., the Army helicopter pilot who helped rescue Vietnamese civilians from U.S. troops at My Lai, dies at 62. He had suffered from cancer. His heroic action on a dark day in U.S ...

Everybody's heard of the My Lai massacre — March 16, 1968, 50 years ago today — but not many know about the man who stopped it: Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot. When he arrived ...

Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson, Jr., who rescued Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, died on Friday at the age of 62, Veterans Administration officials said.

It's not every day that a former U.S. Army combat pilot is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but Hugh Thompson is a special case: On March 16, 1968, Thompson risked his life by swooping his ...

Document points to Nixon in My Lai ... of the My Lai trials: pilot Hugh Thompson and gunner Larry Colburn. They were the two surviving members of a U.S. helicopter crew that was ...

Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.

It opened in March, the 50th anniversary of My Lai, in San Diego at the Hugh Thompson Veterans for Peace chapter, named for the helicopter pilot who stepped in to stop the massacre.

Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.

Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.