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My Lai Massacre

Took place on March 16, 1968

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The 59th anniversary falls on March 16, 2027, in 143 days.

The My Lai Massacre ( MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai ) was a U.S. Army war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of between 347 and 504 civilians, almost all women, children and elderly men, in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

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