American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,933 posts) Fri Mar 17, 2023, 05:44 AM Mar 2023

On March 16, 1968, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr was flying helicopter reconnaissance at My Lai.

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On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter reconnaissance for an attack on an alleged North Vietnamese-controlled village at My Lai.

As the ground attack developed below, Thompson realised he was in fact witnessing something something else:

A massacre.

He decided to act. /1 🧵 #history #histodons

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On March 16, 1968, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr was flying helicopter reconnaissance at My Lai. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 OP

Good history to know Easterncedar Mar 2023 #1

Thank you so much for posting judesedit Mar 2023 #2

Easterncedar

(3,521 posts)

1. Good history to know

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 06:36 AM

Mar 2023

Heart breaking as it is.

judesedit

(4,510 posts)

2. Thank you so much for posting

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 07:31 AM

Mar 2023

From an anti-war x-wife of a 2 tour Army Airborn Viet Nam veteran. Thompson and crew did what they knew they must. They certainly deserve this recognition. War can make monsters out of rational people. They had to be stopped. They knew it then and they know it now.

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