My Lai: Atrocity and Cover-Up

The My Lai Massacre saw U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of civilians. Unarmed villagers

including women, children, and infants were shot at point-blank range.

Homes were burned. People were rounded up and executed in ditches. There was no battle

only slaughter. The crime was initially covered up by military leadership. Reports were falsified.

Witnesses were ignored or pressured into silence. When the truth finally emerged,

accountability was almost nonexistent. Only one person was convicted and served just 3 years.

No generals were held accountable. No meaningful systemic reckoning followed. My Lai became a

symbol not just of atrocity but of how easily justice disappears in war,