The Good Guys: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Choppers of a Chopper
Before they left, the men of charley company had a mission briefing. It would be disputed in courts martial newspaper articles and memoirs for decades to come. But most who were there agreed that their commanders made it very clear: 'When we go into milai, it's open season' According to army intelligence, they would be facing upwards of 250 crack guerrilla troops at meli,. fortified in a spider web of underground bunkers and fortifications. For most of the men, this would be their first actual engagement with the via kong.
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