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The Good Guys: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam

2020/6/13
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Bill Earhart
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Butch Groover
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Charles McDuff
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Edward Blake
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Gary Nordstrom
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Howard Jones
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Hugh Thompson Jr.
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John Musgrave
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Mike Terry
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Nick Turse
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Pham Thi Tuan
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Phil Caputo
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Richard Nixon
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Robert McNamara
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Ron Ridenhour
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Sergeant Meserve
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Sven Eriksson
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Tim O'Brien
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Wayne Smith
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William Calley
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Butch Groover: 亲身参与了美莱大屠杀,并向Ridenhour详细描述了屠杀的残忍过程,包括对妇女儿童的杀害和强奸。他轻描淡写地描述了这些暴行,甚至以此为荣。 Ron Ridenhour: 在得知My Lai大屠杀后,Ridenhour 积极地向多名士兵了解情况,证实了屠杀的真实性。他意识到自己有责任揭露真相,并向国会和军方写信举报。他认为,如果对My Lai大屠杀不进行调查,美国将失去其道德基础。 Mike Terry: 承认自己在My Lai大屠杀中参与杀害了平民,并将其比作纳粹的暴行。 William Calley: 作为My Lai大屠杀的直接参与者和指挥者之一,Calley 对其罪行负有不可推卸的责任。尽管他被判刑,但他始终否认自己的罪行。 Captain Medina: 作为Calley的上级指挥官,Medina 对My Lai大屠杀负有指挥责任。他下达了“消灭一切移动的目标”的命令,导致了大规模的平民伤亡。 Hugh Thompson Jr.: Thompson Jr. 是My Lai大屠杀中的英雄人物。他冒着生命危险,阻止了大屠杀的继续,并营救了多名越南平民。他体现了在战争中维护人性的勇气和良知。 Sven Eriksson: Eriksson 拒绝参与上级指挥官下令的绑架和强奸越南妇女的行动,并最终揭露了这一罪行。他展现了在战争环境下坚持良知的勇气。 其他士兵证词:许多士兵的证词揭示了My Lai大屠杀的残酷细节,以及美军士兵普遍存在的对越南平民的蔑视和滥杀行为。这些证词也反映了战争环境下士兵心理状态的扭曲和道德观的沦丧。

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The My Lai Massacre was triggered by a chance encounter where a soldier revealed the brutal actions committed by American troops in a village called My Lai, shocking his fellow soldier who felt compelled to report it.

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The 1968 My Lai Massacre shocked Americans, but the true nature of the Vietnam War went far beyond anything the public could’ve imagined. This is the story of the war within the War, between the soldiers who brutalized Vietnamese civilians, and the unsung men who tried to stop them.

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Jones, Howard. *My Lai. *2015. 

Hastings, Sir Max. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy (1945-1975). 2018. 

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Fitzgerald, Frances. Fire In The Lake. 1972.

O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. 1990.

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