My Lai
On March 16, 1968, in the Vietnam War, a massacre of Vietnamese 1968, a unit of the U.S. army Americal division called the "Charlie Company", led by Lt. William L. Calley, invaded the small Viet Cong village called My Lai 4. Their instructions by commanding officers were to “kill every man, woman, child and animal in the village”. Soldiers were told to burn all the homes and nothing should be walking, growing or crawling." were followed by the soldiers which lead to the death of 306 civilians, mostly women, small children, and old people. Most of the murders were conducted by the order of officers. Families were taken from their homes, forced into ditches, a
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Viet Cong, Haeberle Army, Charlie Company, Cong Lai, Vietnam War, Newspaper Accounts, lai 4, , charlie company, William Calley, viet cong,
Approximate Word count = 445
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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