My Lai memories haunt veterans and perpetrators
Paul Meadle, wounded in 1968 My Lai sweep, recalls the massacre and his role in it. Exiles Medina Hutto and Calley faced ruin or silence, while Ron Ridenhour exposed the truth and faced threats. The group reflects on war, policy, and accountability years after My Lai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadle
Charlie Company
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Medina
Marinette, Wis
Columbus, Ga
V.V. Vick
Fort Benning
Ron Ridenhour
CityBusiness
New Orleans
Vietnam
Local Servicemen Complete Basic Training or Recruit Training
Several area graduates and sons of local families completed basic training or recruit training. Pvt Erick T Blakely from Sandusky and Vicki Kloster of Grafton finished at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Navy Seaman Russell Bowie of Bay Village and Navy Seaman Thomas W Bredlau of Amherst completed at Great Lakes Illinois. Navy Seaman James J Mabry of Berea and Navy Seaman Steven A Mendlik of Elyria North Olmsted finished at Great Lakes Illinois. Airman First Class Douglas Rankin of Bay Village completed Air Force basic training at Lackland Texas. Navy Seaman Richard A Wade of North Ridgeville and Helen Wade of Grafton completed recruit training at Great Lakes Illinois.
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Erick T. Blakely
Mike Blakely
Sandusky
Vicki Kloster
Grafton
Midview High School
Fort Leonard Wood
Navy
Russell 5
Bowie
Bay High School
Bay Village
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
III
Thomas W. Bredlau
William and
Claudia Bredlau
Amherst
Marion L. Stearn High School
James J. Mabry
George and
Noreen Mabry
Berea
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Pearse
Lai Soldiers
Paul Meadie
Meadie
Terre Haute
Ind
Frank A. Barker
New Haven, Conn
Ernest Medina
Associated Press
United States Army
Charles Hutto
Monroe
Charlie Compa
Elmer Gerspacher
Venel Farms
Ohio
Norwalk Rd
Stone Rd
H&a
Ford
Kubota
Loadstar
N.I. Kinze
N.H
Dunham
Walsh
Booms Woods
Danhauser
Brock 5000
Hutchinson
Bradford
McCurdy
J&m
Estate
Vennetta Gerspacher
Executrix Medina Co
Larry Brandel-Atty
Harold R. Farnsworth
Wadsworth
Hunter Farm Equipment Auction
Seville
St. Rt
Wooster Pike
Paradise Rd
Oliver
Cultipacker
KBA
Haybine
Hanson
Bauer
Audrey
Bob
Betty Hunter
Midway Mall
Ares
Gold Crisis
Te Sherwin Williams
Elyria
Lorain
Siavcl
McElectcon Business Institute
Cay 9
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute
Great Northern
Brookpark
North Olmsted
Richmond Mail
Richmond Road
Sears
Richmond Heights
The
Association of Independent Colleges & Schools
Fox
Tie Ross Corporations
Lorain County
College Center Mall
Lorain County Community College Ress
Ross
Giles Road
R.S.V.P
Lois Sotherden
Leanne Sayers Glowaski
Linda Lawson
Mary Lou Ashyk
Peggy Lamoreauy
Jackie Churchill
Kelly Burnett
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