THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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he largest battle of the Tet Offensive.
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a U. S. massacre of Vietnamese civilians.
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a North Vietnamese harbor mined by the U. S
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a Marine barracks bombed by the Vietcong.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people-women, children and old men-in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 16, 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kills as many as 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam. The crime, which was kept secret for nearly two years, later became known as the My Lai Massacre.
Detailed explanation-3: -Early in the morning on 16 March 1968, Lieutenant Calley and his platoon were airlifted by helicopter to My Lai, a sub-hamlet of the village of Song My in Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -It occurred when Charlie Company was ordered to enter the village for a search and destroy mission. Still stinging from human losses in their unit during the Tet Offensive, Charlie Company vented their rage on the villagers at My Lai.