McNamara's Boys: Lost Innocence in Vietnam
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Meli Massacre
Robert macnamera never expressed any regret for the outcome of project 100 thousand. The programme was born from a genuine altruism to improve the lives of mentally disabled and poverty stricken men. Many ended up with greater difficulties in civilian society than when they started. For them, it was an ir nic and tragic conclusion to a programme that promised special treatment and a brighter future and denied both. In our full length episode on viet nam, we discussed the meli massacre, in which us. Soldiers murdered over 500 innocent civilians,. mostly elderly people and children, on march sixteenth 19 68.
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