Calley couldn't read a map. He routinely got his patrols lost. There were regular plots to kill him by his fellow soldiers. This is all a fact. It was a vengeance patrol induced by him-because he kept getting his squads killed or injured. This is how it went wrong.
A man who wrote on the My Lai Massacre said, "He never should have been in the position he was in in the first place. He didn't have the qualities of intelligence or leadership necessary for that role."
Soldiers have the right to disobey unlawful orders. So any lame excuses from those who committed the murders are unacceptable. Those convicted should have been given the death penalty.
then he should not have been in charge of the company if he wasint up to the job, he's not the only one to blame, but to say he was only obeying orders is crass in every way and I think the Germans tried to use that as a defence after the war but the U.S. stated that they committed war crimes and hung the scumbags.
The massacre was something that should never be forgotten. Nor should America ever be forgiven for the acts that took place....but just please realize that most Americans are at home living their lives and are good people.
Now Mr139, I stated that I had no wish to get into a slagging match, so we beg to differ, you feel tha calley was a victim and I feel he was/ is a coward.
Practically that means dying, I have inside sources and I can tell you not all American soldiers that died were killed by the NVA, desobying an order meant you'd be the guy sent to patrol the area full of mines, a lot of US servicemen disserted, the US gov would never admit it but thats where a lot of the MIA issues come from.
Same as Nanking. The Japanese soldiers would nevee have wanted to do it in the first place. However, after being told that it was alright, they did it anyways
So you people want to condemn a whole nation for the actions of a few? I have friends that were in Vietnam, and they never saw anything like this. These men were lead by a fool as well as being pushed to the brink by seeing their friends mutilated and killed. Think about that.
if you condone this behavior of American soldiers, really whats the point of even having international laws or laws of armed conflict? Even in war you know that killing innocent, defenseless civilians is wrong. Just "following orders" is the absolutely epitome of group think and leads to horrific consequences if no one dares to question the morality of it all.
@@jackvermeulen1940 Viet Cong controlled village does not mean that everyone there, including the infants, were vc. They were a farming community on their own you filthy yank
who will weep for you america,what you have sown so shall you reap,your bloodshed and perversions have reached the heavens and the day of reckoning draws near.
3:25- It doesn't tell WHY he was paroled early. It was because of major legal problems with his conviction. It had NOTHING to do with leniency. The person who posted this video should know better.
Thank you for this documentary. It's important for Americans to know that no matter how much we Americans like to dress ourselves up as brave, noble, righteous people. That there are countless situations like this that show what evil we are capable of. From situations like this where orders didn't come from the White House. To the Trail of Tears where orders came directly from the President himself.
I can see its been years since you left this comment but it appears no one replied to you it was 102 at that spot or post yes it was nearly 500 ppl but not at that location of that exact memorial from what I have seen there are several such memorials spread out over the area with different amounts of the massacred
@TheNathanalex, Get off the HERO shit. We don't how we would react in that particular situation. C Co. had been out pounding the paddies for maybe 2-weeks & taking casualties from booby traps & snipers. Calley should have not ordered it but did so because he cracked under the pressure of being harrassed by his superior officers over the radio. Calley's superior officers are as much to blame as Calley himself.
@TheNathanalex, They weren't cowards as they had seen combat before, they snapped because Calley was under direct pressure from his superiors to engage & kill anyone since My lai & area were a pro-VC area & much contact etc. had occurred there in the past & the superior officers were convinced that VC were there despite Calley's initial reports to the contrary. It wasn't a planned massacare as was the VC/NVA massacare of 3,000+ S,. Viet civilians in Hue in 1968. Calley was a scapegoat.
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@macgagan That is complete bullshit and you know it. I have friends that were in Nam and friends that are serving in the Middle East. I myself am going over next year. You have no right to be saying that. You weren't there.
@christof139 Am not getting into a slagging match with you as I do not know you. I do know that as an ex serviceman, that I would never carry out an order such as the one Calley gave to his men, infact I would have killed him!! Now there where men in the said company that avoided killing anyone, they sir are hero's,! They had some back bone, unlike the spineless Calley who should have objected about his orders and faced the wrath of his superiors.Had he done so he would have been a True HERO.
