5️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on March 16, 1968, US Army personnel annihilated the village of My Lai (Sơn Mỹ) in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, and massacred its civilian population.

With exceptional cruelty, the American soldiers killed over 500 local residents, of whom 173 were children and 182 women, including 17 pregnant women.

After artillery bombardment, members of Charlie Company landed on the western outskirts of the village and immediately opened fire on the peasants who were working in the rice fields. The American killers threw grenades in huts, and brutally tortured and then shot people on the spot.

The truth about this inhuman crime came out only in November 1969 thanks to investigations by independent journalists, including Seymour Hersh, and the publication of a series of photographs by Ronald Haeberle, one of the soldiers of Charlie Company.

❗️ My Lai is a terrifying reminder of how the United States fights its wars. They believe mass killings of the enemy country’s civilians are acceptable.

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