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My Lai 4: A Book Report
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On March 16, 1968, "Charlie Company" was sent into a small Viet
Cong village called (by the U.S.) My Lai 4. Their instructions by
commanding officers were: "... kill every man, woman, child and animal in
the village. Burn all the homes .... nothing should be wal .... Middle of Essay
.... by the GIs. It is later estimated that
approximately 500 civilians were murdered, and (probably) no VC were in
the area.
I could go into detail about the killing. However, most of the book
was devoted to the time before the massacre, and afterward. The officers
and GIs of "Charlie Company" were introduced in the beginning of the book:
the officers had been social outcasts all their life (LT. Calley & Medina).
Both had decided to devote their life to the military. The GIs were
selected for "Charlie Company" specifically because they had all scored
too low on the initial exam to be put into a regular battalions.
After the massacre, nothi ....
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