Medina claims sighting Viet Cong near My Lai massacre
Army Captain Ernest Medina testified in Albuquerque that about 250 Viet Cong troops including women and children fled toward My Lai just before the March 1968 massacre. He faces charges of murder and assault tied to the killings of 175 civilians and says an artillery bombardment delay enabled their escape.
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Pressure for joint House Senate meeting on PWs
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott endorses a joint House Senate meeting to push for more humane treatment of U S prisoners held in Southeast Asia after a meeting with families of missing or captive servicemen. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and House leaders discuss the plan as under consideration and sympathetic views are noted.
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