Spectre of My Lai atrocities still haunts the US military

Forty years ago, one of the worst civilian massacres in modern military history took place in Vietnam, to the eternal shame of those involved and the people who tried to cover it up.

Forty years ago, one of the worst civilian massacres in modern military history took place in Vietnam, to the eternal shame of those involved and the people who tried to cover it up.

In March 1968 an event occurred during the Vietnam War that, when it became known, shocked and horrified the world, and has entered the annals of terrible war crimes. On the morning of March 16, Second Lieutenant William L Calley ...