My Lai 4 Story Third in In-depth Series
Seymour Hersh reports Charlie Company soldiers hardened by combat and fear in My Lai 4. Medina and Calley push for action amid beatings of prisoners and alleged killings of civilians including a woman in a rice field.
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My Lai
Seymour Hersh
Charlie Company
Vietnam
Gregory Olsen
Portland
Oregon
U.S
Daniel Zeigler
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ernest L. Medina
William L. Calley Jr
Grzesik
Zeigler
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Calley
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Harry Stanley
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Pinkville
Michael Bernhardt
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Gary Garfolo
Stockton
George Cox
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Jeffrey la Crosse
William Doherty
Reading
Mass
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Orem
Utah
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Frank A. Barker Jr
Barker
48Th
Quan Ngai
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Conflicting Views on Medina Command at My Lai 4
Newspaper briefing recounts split opinions among officers over Medina’s orders at My Lai 4. Some say he commanded killing all civilians, others claim routine search and destroy aims, with some noting vague directives left to soldiers’ judgment.
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