Yesterday was a very powerful day. We travelled for 2.5 hours to the site of the My Lao Massacre which happened on the 16th of March 1968. American soldiers who were part of Charlie company marched into the region on Son My and massacred 503 women, children and old people. The orders given were to kill anything that moved. The images I took are too shocking to put on this blog. They depict people being shot, beaten and tortured by the American soldiers.
We were extremely lucky to meet a lady named Mrs Number 6 who was in the NLF at the time of the war. She lost her family in the massacre.
If anyone wants to know more about this then I am happy to share my notes and photos with you.
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Names of those who were killed in the massacre. |
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An American soldier invading a Vietnamese hut. |
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Statue recognising those who were killed. |
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Drainage ditch where victims were forced to lie before they were shot. |
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Replica path created which shows the footprints of victims and American soldiers. |
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Holly and me with Mrs Number 6. |
When we returned to Hoi An, the day got brighter when we came across these cute wee kids below.