My Lai Massacre

of important and true information was missing due to the fact that certain parts of the war and America’s actions make America look in the wrong. An example of this is said by Loewen when he writes the quotation by John Kerry speaking of the My Lai massacre during Vietnam, saying “how American troops ‘had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads... cut off limbs ..randomly shot civilians(pg. 250)”. These acts had occurred during the Vietnam war and when the war was talked about in later…

benefit from each other. The second is based on pleasure and this is where both people are drawn to each other’s good qualities. Lastly, is friendship based on goodness and this is where both people admire the other’s goodness and strive for goodness. In my opinion, the last example of friendship is the most important and holds the most value. According to Aristotle, goodness is an enduring quality and friendships based on this tend to last. I think that a friendship that brings out the best in…

Vietnam by early 1968, devastating the country by following the orders given to them by their superiors. For example, soldiers were directed to conduct the My Lai massacre by Lieutenant Calley. In the small village of My Lai, American soldiers rounded up the inhabitants and ordered them into a ditch, where they were shot to death. In his book My Lai 4, journalist Seymour Hersh wrote, “‘It was estimated that between 450 and 500 people- most of them women, children and old men- had been slain and…

internal tensions, the crippling and terrifying environment, drug use, unwillingness to fight, and the sense that the war was for nothing. Also, there was no doubt that battlefield atrocities were being committed by Americans, especially after the Mai Lai massacre. Finally, even more chilling and demoralizing was the practice of fragging. Fragging is military slang for the killing or wounding of a soldier or officer deliberately. Debate about their seriousness and frequency of incidents…

In 1974 Stanley Milgram conducted a study that tested the obedience of ordinary people. The experiment began with three participants: • The “Proctor” (Milgram’s helper who controlled the experiment) • The “Learner” (The accomplice to the experiment who acted as though he was being shocked upon giving an incorrect answer) • The “Teacher” (This was the unknowing true subject of the experiment. He was the person who thought that he was truly administering shocks to the learner upon receiving an…

In a Louis Harris poll in 1979 almost 60 percent of Vietnam veterans felt television coverage of the war was not positive and two-thirds felt coverage of the My Lai massacre influenced the public’s opinion of veterans. Three of McLaughlin’s interviewees recalled being stereotyped, called “baby-killers” or “crazy” and their families did not want to discuss their experiences causing veterans to bury everything they…

national interest and security in committing itself to the Vietnam War. The opinion polls taken during 1965 to 1968 clearly show that most Australian’s were in favour of the war, with the opinion polls only starting to change after the horrifying My Lai massacre, the invasion of Cambodia and later the Kent State…

This caused the soldiers to lose their morals and commit war crimes. One example of this the My Lai Massacre. During the war, in 1968, an estimated 300-500 innocent, unarmed villagers were brutally killed by the American soldiers. Chris Taylor’s experience mirrors this event when Chris Taylor and his troop marched into a village of innocent people in…

This lead to many soldiers having no recollection of instruction on the nature of war crimes. This, in part, lead to the My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968. When the massacre and the cover-up were exposed, people saw more than just the atrocities of the Vietnam War, they were able to see the vulnerabilities of American and danger of futile political war. The My Lai Massacre didn’t just happen, instead it was a disaster in the making, with several events foreshadowing and jump starting the event…

Wilhelm likens her village to the My Lai massacre in order to essentially bring the war back home to America by comparing what happened to the Vietnamese citizens in real life to that of the American civilians in the village. “The Village”, being written in 1969, is during the Vietnam War in which American citizens are protesting against being involved with a war related to Vietnamese independence. For example, Wilhelm uses Mildred Carry as a writing strategy to show that Americans soldiers are…