My lai massacre vietnam war
[DOC File]Vietnam War Key People & Terms
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My Lai Massacre - A 1968 raid on the tiny village of My Lai by an American unit in South Vietnam. The soldiers, angry and frustrated at their inability to find Viet Cong operatives in the village, killed up to 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians—men, women, children, and elderly—without provocation.
[DOC File]Vietnam War Guided Notes - scott.k12.ky.us
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My Lai Massacre – mass murder of civilian women and children of South Vietnam conducted by U.S. army March 16, 1968 Caused outrage and reduced U.S. support for the war at home Invasion of Cambodia – U.S. had already been conducting bombing raids for over 1 year
[DOC File]THE VIETNAM WAR
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Vietnam was called “Television’s War” because there were journalists everywhere. Every night in the United States, citizens could watch the horrors of war. The Tet Offensive was viewed by millions and was not viewed as a victory at home. The My Lai Massacre caused major protest within the United States.
[DOC File]Revision notes on the Vietnam War - The Bicester School
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What was the My Lai massacre and why was it important? On 16th March, 1968, nine helicopter gunships landed three US platoons near the village of My Lai. The US troops were on a search and destroy mission and My Lai was believed to be a Vietcong stronghold. ... Some people thought that the Vietnam War led to less respect for authority – this ...
[DOCX File]LS-1X
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This incident was no different than the My Lai. massacre during the Vietnam War (no matter the numbers of lives lost). Noncombatants are noncombatants.--He had to decide at that moment whether his men’s lives were more important than those of the German soldiers. While he and his men had just witnessed a massacre of their comrades, they were ...
[DOC File]The My Lai Massacre
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As the gruesome details of My Lai reached the American public, serious questions arose concerning the conduct of American soldiers in Vietnam. A military commission investigating the massacre found widespread failures of leadership, discipline, and morale among the Army's fighting units.
[DOC File]White Plains Middle School
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The My Lai massacre took place shortly after the Tet Offensive. Late in January 1968, Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers had launched attacks on urban areas across South Vietnam. Charlie Company had arrived in Vietnam three months before the My Lai massacre. Charlie Company had suffered 28 casualties, including five dead.
[DOC File]Was My Lai the turning point of the Vietnam War
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The My Lai massacre shocked US public opinion. It was the clearest evidence that the war was going wrong. Waugh and Wright EDEXCEL 2010. When the American public first heard of the My Lai Massacre in November 1969, they were outraged. As the details of the My Lai Massacre became known, many people questioned the role of U.S. soldiers in the ...
[DOC File]My Lai Massacre
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On the morning of March 16, 1968, soldiers of Charlie Company, a unit of the Americal Division's 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.
[DOCX File]Analysis Questions - Mr. Greaves' Social Studies Site
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Vietnam. War. Era. Directions: The . Vietnam War era. was one . of the most . tumultuous . times in American . History. It was the first wa. r that truly . divided the nation and saw countless . protests movements rise up. against . America ’ s involvement in Vietnam. At the . same time, many Am. ericans supported the . war and saw it as the ...
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