Daily Mail: Vietnam marks 50 years since My Lai massacre: More than 1,000 gather to mark one of the most notorious episodes in U.S. military history where 504 unarmed civilians were gunned down by troops
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* Some 504 unarmed civilians were killed by U.S. soldiers on March 16, 1968 in Son My, Quang Ngai Province
* Among those slaughtered in the attack were 182 women - 17 of whom were pregnant - and 173 children
* More than 1,000 people remembered victims of the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history
Vietnam has marked 50 years since the horrific My Lai massacre in a memorial ceremony at the site of the killings.
On Friday more than 1,000 people gathered to remember the victims of the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history.
Some 504 unarmed civilians were butchered by American soldiers on March 16, 1968 in Son My, Quang Ngai Province, making it one of the worst recorded U.S. war crimes committed in the 20th century.
Among them were 182 women - 17 of whom were pregnant - and 173 children.
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More News On The My Lai Massacre
Vietnam commemorates 50th anniversary of My Lai massacre -- AP
50 years ago, US troops massacred more than 500 civilians in Vietnam during the My Lai massacre -- Business Insider/Reuters
My Lai Massacre Of 1968 Continues To Resonate In America -- NPR
Lessons for the US from My Lai, 50 years after the massacre -- Clare Richardson, DW
‘It was a Rampage’: My Lai Massacre 50 Years Later -- Sputnik
The My Lai Massacre -- Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker
