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31: Book Review, “Four Hours in My Lai” by Michael Bilton

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The Cover Up of the Pinkfield Operation

"It shows you that this whole time when all of this horror was taking place anybody could have stopped it had they stepped up and said something," he says. "Even some of the folks that weren't in leadership position if you're there and you start to say no this isn't going to be happening, I mean you did." The U.S. Army's PR machine was pumping out a colorful image of daring do by the American troops, writes Peter Bergen. 'The MACV communique issued later the same day from Saigon gave brief details of the operation'

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