my lai

• when was the my lai massacre committed?

  16th May 1968
• when was the incident reported to the press?

  around 18 months after it had happened - November 12th 1969
• what was the death toll?

  around 550 men, women and children massacred
• how many vietcong were initially reported t o the press as being killed in this raid?

  128 VC
• who brought this out into the public eye?

  a journalist named seymour hersh
• how many articles or interviews did hersh do?

  he wrote 3 articles and did a 5 hour interview.
• what award did hersh later win for this reporting?

  the 1970 Pulitzer prize.
• What was the weapons total found in the town?

  only three.
• why did forces even go to My Lai?

  they were tipped about there being a vietcong meeting.
• which soldier was charged after his 5 hour interview with Hersh and what did he do?

  Lt. William Calley; was charged for the murder of 111 innocent children
• How did the My Lai massacre affect public opinion?

  It increased horror and opposition to the war
• When was the My Lai massacre kept secret until?

  Until November 1969