March 16, 1968

[82Rigger]

Today is the 40th anniversary of My Lai, if anyone cares to remember.

I'm inclined to think that if some American heads had rolled after My Lai,

then some of our troops may think twice before doing that shit today.

But I'm not a combat vet, so I don't have the benefit of that insight.

I did serve during Vietnam, with honor and with pride.

And it really chaps my ass for American soldiers to shit on my uniform, my flag and my country like that...then OR now.

Steve / 82Rigger

[exlrrp]

Originally Posted by 82Rigger

Today is the 40th anniversary of My Lai, if anyone cares to remember.

I'm inclined to think that if some American heads had rolled after My Lai,

then some of our troops may think twice before doing that shit today.

But I'm not a combat vet, so I don't have the benefit of that insight.

I did serve during Vietnam, with honor and with pride.

And it really chaps my ass for American soldiers to shit on my uniform, my flag and my country like that...then OR now.

Steve / 82Rigger

Thanks Steve, I thought the same. It was the US Army who insulted us all by trying to cover it up, rather than deal with it.

stay good
James

[1CAVCCO15MED]

I agree. Covering up something like that is a form of consent.

[Robert Ryan]

was indeed a atrocity commited by our brothers. However, not all the people involved got what coming to them. Just Calley. The entier chain of command should have been courts-martialed and made to atone for the actions of thier officers. It was a bad mark on an honorable effort made by a majority of men who maybe didn't beleive in war, but belived in their country.

[82Rigger]

Robert,

I'm not of the opinion that even Calley got what was coming to him.

He was under "house arrest" for three and a half years.

So, for every person killed at My Lai, he spent two days confined to his apartment with his TV and his wet bar.

[Packo]

How many years did the perp's of the Hue massacre' get? Oh, that was a revolutionary action, probably doesn't count. Doesn't condone My Lai, but just wondering?

Pack

[Norfolk]

Good point Packo; what was it, how many thousand people were massacred by the VC and NVA at Hue? Two, three, five thousand? They're still finding mass graves almost forty years later. And no-one was ever brought to trial for that. So sad.

[Packo]

My Lai was an American tradgedy, no doubt, but I get a little sick of us as seemingly always being portrayed from My Lai. To the Communists, My Lai is something those bastards did every day when our incidents pale in comparison to theirs. Murder of innocent villagers was a way of life for them.

Pack

[SuperScout]

Rightfully so, there was the American condemnation of the My Lai massacre, while at the same time, a deafening silence from the left about the exponentially larger massacres by the Viet Cong, and especially by the North Vietnamese army. As my brother Pack correctly pointed out, the communists seem to get a free pass; but at least Joan Baez saw the light, and confessed to her complicity in the tacet approval of what the communists did.

Calley was a worthless POS from the git-go. He never should have been allowed to enlist in the Army, never should have been allowed into OCS, and never commissioned. His superior officers should have seen what an incompetent fool he was, relieved him on the spot, and sent him packing. His company commander, Medina I think was his name, should have been court-martialed along with Calley; had I been a member of the court, I would have voted for the death sentence for Calley, and 20 years for Medina. At the time of his trial, the Army still was run by gutless wonders, like GEN Harold K. Johnson and GEN Earle Wheeler, who lacked the intellectual and moral cajones to stand up to LBJ, the biggest thug of the war.

[splummer]

Did the massacure in Hue during Tet 1968 get a lot of news attention back then??? I only knew about it because I was there. [I didn't see it, my self, but talked to people who did.] If I remember correct, there may have been around 3000 civilians laying in ditches, murdered by the VC and NVA. I never hear about Hue any more but M. L. often.