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The My Lai massacre
On 16 March 1968, US soldiers went on the rampage through a Vietnamese village. They killed men, women and children in cold blood.
On 16 March 1968, US soldiers went on the rampage through a Vietnamese village.
They killed men, women and children in cold blood.
We hear from one survivor, Pham Thanh Cong, who was 11 years old when the rest of his family were killed.
Photo: Pham Thanh Cong now.
Credit Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images.
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