The Good Guys: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Calley, the Most Pid Second Lieutenant on the Face of the Earth
Lieutenant Cally Calliy struggled to command respect of the men beneath him. His commanding officer often called him lieutenant shithead in front of his own men. In their search for the forty eighth v c battalion, calley and the rest of charley company had endured daily demoralizing losses. They racked up about 28 casualties and five deaths. But word comes down from intelligence officers, they'd found the forty eighth vi kong Battalion. The plan was simple: Strike on a pinkville village where the vikong were operating.
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