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My Lai massacre details surface in extensive Push Them in Ditch report
The article recounts the March 16 1968 My Lai killings with eyewitness accounts from Larry Colburn helicopter crew and soldiers including Calley. It describes Medina's orders, the ditch pushings, shots at civilians including children, and Hugh Thompson's intervention to rescue survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolte
My Lai
Seymour Hersh
Larry Colburn
Hugh Thompson
Kinch
Medina
Calley
Harry Stanley
William Calley
Iarnest Medina
Stanley
Criminal Investigation Division
NVA
Charles Sledge
Paul Meadle
Meadle
David Mitchell
Herbert Carter
William C. Lloyd
Tampa
Fla
CID
Dennis Conti
Thompson
Colburn
Gresik
Graesik
My Lal 4
Mitchell
St. Francisville
Grzesik
Leutenant