On this day in 1968, 56 years ago, the My Lai Massacre took place during the Vietnam War, up to 500 Vietnamese men women and children were ki!!ed. Captain Ernest Medina instructed his soldiers a day before: "There are no innocent civilians in this area" sound familiar?
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On March 16 1968, 105 men from a rifle company belonging to Americal Division and being led by Captain Earnest Medina and Lt. William Calley was ordered to head into a village called My Lai. They were told that a main unit of Viet Cong soldiers was waiting for them.