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MassacresThen&Nowby Ga&Yumeng

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My Lai Massacre

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My Lai Massacre :

•March 16,1968

•Lieutenant William Calley Jr.orderedUS soldiers to kill South Vietnamese civilians. •About 300-500 South Vietnamese villagers were killed at My Lai.

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My Lai Massacre :

•President Nixon called the massacre an isolated incident.

•After a reporter wrote the story, one of Calley’s soldiers asked the US House Armed Services Committee to investigate this event.

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My Lai Massacre :

•Lieutenant William Calley, Jr., who commanded soldiers to kill civilians was put in prison. •He felt guilty for what he did.

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Massacre in Afghanistan War

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Massacre in Afghanistan War :

•44 years after the Vietnam War

•March 11,2012•In the middle of the night around 3 A.M a U.S soldier opened fire on innocent Afghan civilians.

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Massacre in Afghanistan War :

•16 Afghan civilians were killed cruelly at Panjwai district.

•The U.S military will put this soldier on trial for this tragic event.

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Massacre in Afghanistan War :

•President Barrack Obama phoned Afghan president to express his shock.

•Obama offered help for those families who had loved ones killed.

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Lessons

• Even though war is cruel, civilians are innocent. Soldiers should respect for civilians’ life.

• These two events let us know soldiers need more psychological training before they go to war.

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Source :1. "The My Lai Massacre." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S.

History: War. Detroit: Gale, 2009.Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 24 May 2012.

2. "U.S. Soldier Kills 16 Afghans, Deepening Crisis - Marine Corps News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Marine Corps Times." Marine Corps Times.Web. 24 May 2012.<http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/03/ap-american-opens-fire-on-afgahns-15-dead-031112/>.

3. Seattle., Taimoor Shah And Graham Bowley; Taimoor Shah Reported From Panjwai, And Graham Bowley From Kabul, Afghanistan. Reporting Was Contributed By Sharifullah Sahak, Rod Nordland And Matthew Rosenberg From Kabul; Eric Schmitt From Washington; William Yardley From Tacoma, Wash.; James Dao From New York; And Isolde Raftery From. "G.I. Kills Afghan Villagers; Children Among 16 Dead."The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/world/asia/afghanistan-civilians- killed-american-soldier-held.html?_r=1>.