Essay # 4, will attempt to answer questions about what the war in Vietnam did to America and to Americans.

What happened at My Lai the morning of March 16, 1968?

What drove a company of American soldiers — ordinary young men from around the country — to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?
Were they “just following orders” as some later declared?
Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred?
Why was the incident covered up?
Who should be held accountable?Essay # 4, will attempt to answer questions about what the war in Vietnam did to America and to Americans.

What happened at My Lai the morning of March 16, 1968?

What drove a company of American soldiers — ordinary young men from around the country — to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?
Were they “just following orders” as some later declared?
Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred?
Why was the incident covered up?
Who should be held accountable?