My Lai, Chapter 1

Who were the men of Charlie Company? My Lai re-airs April 21 on PBS American Experience.

In December 1966, 140 members of Charlie Company began training in Hawaii under Captain Ernest Medina. The next year, these ordinary young men from across the country would leave for Vietnam and commit one of the worst atrocities in American military history -- the My Lai Massacre.

AIR DATE 4/21/15

About My Lai: American Experience

The 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light.

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