Part of the current PBS series on Vietnam includes a look at the My Lai massacre in 1968, when more than 500 Vietnamese civilians were killed by American troops, and The Plain Dealer was the first ...

Before the massacre, My Lai was a poor hamlet in Quang Ngai province, whose low, marshy coastal plains had been—and still are—a base for the Viet Cong 48th Battalion.

In March 1968, U.S. soldiers entered the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War - and by the end of the day, hundreds of civilians lay dead. Women, children, and the elderly were massacred in ...

Pictures taken at the scene by an Army photographer, ... William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer who became the only person convicted in connection with the My Lai Massacre of 1968, ...

Talk by Ron Haeberle, former Army photographer, whose photos of the My Lai Massacre published in Life Magazine helped to shift public opinion Part of the Waging Peace in Vietnam Exhibit and Events.

US soldiers involved in the My Lai massacre. Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. 11. A picture shows some of the alleged survivors of the My Lai massacre.

The massacre at My Lai was the subject of books, films and documentaries. Mr. Calley gave his version in “Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story” (1971, with John Sack).

William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer who became the only person convicted in connection with the My Lai Massacre of 1968, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed South ...

News; William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80 July 29, 2024 Updated Mon., July 29, 2024 at 9:52 p.m. William Calley Jr.’s mugshot for charges involving the My Lai ...