HIST 381 UMD The My Lai Massacre Essay

Essay # 4, will attempt to answer questions about what the war in Vietnam did to America and to Americans.

What happened at My Lai the morning of March 16, 1968?

What drove a company of American soldiers — ordinary young men from around the country — to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?
Were they “just following orders” as some later declared?
Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred?
Why was the incident covered up?
Who should be held accountable? paper should be 1100 words in length with induction with a thesis statement, main body and conclusion. APA formatting 7th edition is to be used for this assignment.

The My Lai Massacre and Courts-Martial: An Account (famous-trials.com)