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The American soldiers at My Lai were told to kill everyone they saw and they believed they were killing the enemy, but they didn't realize they were killing innocent civilians which turned into a massacre.

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What happened in My Lai is a terrific tragedy. these American soldiers massacred innocent human beings. Some soldiers felt so much guilt but then other solider`s felt as if it wasn't their fault they were following what their commander told them. They would literally kill children and women with no hesitation. Take pictures of them before ending their life seeing the fear in their faces are so heart breaking.

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The solders went through a lot of tough events and began to get angry with the people of northern Vietnam and that led to a tragic massacre. The Americans acted the way they did because one of their own got shot and killed by a sniper that they couldn’t locate then they began to notice booby traps and started to kill civilians to cope with their anger

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In My Lai, the soldiers brutally massacred those poor civilians. literally over 500 died. Some Soliders enjoyed every moment. Other`s stopped in shock of what they have been doing but then again they were following orders. there is only so much they can do. Few felt pity for those that were killed and regret.

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what happened in my lai was tragic but understandable because they were in war with their people why should they trust them? just because they live in poor area does not mean they cant use their resources to their advantage. so trusting them would mean putting their defenses down which would be the last thing they would want to do being in war.

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What happened to the soldiers at My Lai was a combination of being young, inexperienced, and anxiety. The only training they received was on how to kill and that resulted in lots of anxiety and not knowing how to deal with it besides force. So when they deployed to My Lai after all the dying due to sniper fire and mines they were at the edge and once a person decided to kill a citizen for some reason everyone assumed it was OK and then the killing began. While some soldiers didn't participate that event will probably be in their memory until they die. That is what happened to the soldiers at My Lai.

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What had happened with the American soldiers at My Lai was total confusion. All of these soldiers were given orders they must follow and were confused on who the enemy was which is how so many innocent lives were lost. The real chaos started when families and children were being gunned down and that is when it became a massacare.

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how it happen with the American soldiers at My Lai, when the American soldiers were there for a peaceful matter, Americans felt threaten by civilians as well as the civilians felt threaten by American soldiers . American soldiers soon started losing men but never actually seen Vietnamese soldiers. Giving the right to assume that Vietnamese civilians could be the reasons why the American soldiers lost their soldiers

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How I would explain the American soldiers at my lai was that they thought everyone was an enemy but at the same time they were following orders given to them. after losing someone from a sniper they just wanted to get revenge on anyone they saw. they were also told that everyone in the village were there to fight not to talk. they believed they were doing the right thing but in reality it wasn't.

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So much happened in that time period in My Lai. They believed they were going to go against North Vietnamese and they ended up being civilians. It was a very anxious moment for the American soldiers first everything was this big fantasy nothing like a war more like different connections between the Americans and the Vietnamese. Not even the soldiers were expecting it to be that way. It all started with a shooting then there being traps and soldiers being blown up and the soldiers went against the Vietnamese because they knew that they were aware of where the bombs were coming from. In order for the Vietnamese to live there they would have to know what to avoid. From there that’s when everything took place with the killing of children and families.

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When the American Soldiers arrived at My Lai they had then mentality that they were going to fight and kill the enemy, but when they arrived there was no Vietnamese soldier for them to fight. At first they were surprised and it didn’t seem as though they were at war. I believe the civilians felt threatened so they created traps to kill the soldiers, which led the American soldiers to begin to kill and it got out of hand and the situation escalated to war and the killing of innocent civilians.

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The American solders where going through a lot. They went through there people dying and getting blown up and the people they were there to help knew about the bouncing Bettys and did not help the Americans .So they started to feel that they were not welcome. Also they wore told that the vc where at the village and they were there to take the village. So they were getting angry and they were going take their anger out on the vc that where not there to When they got to the village the soldiers assumed the people there must have been the vc . The where told to shoot on site?

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The soldiers in the Charlie Company were killed by snipers, mines, and all sorts of traps in the latter parts of their journey there was no direct enemy to really kill. Then they hear about the VC enemies in My Lai knowing this the wound up soldiers who saw their friends/comrades in arms die to no real enemy looked forward to finally seeing direct confrontation. This all built up with wrong intelligence, orders to shoot on sight all “enemies” since they are all VC supporters. This combination of many factors made the incident known as My Lai.

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The Charlie Company arrived in Vietnam, and on arrival, everything seemed to be going well. It became mostly teens at the time of the movement to My Lai. Someone died from a sniper, followed by increasing deaths by booby traps and explosives. After a large amount of causalities accumulated, the American Soldier got fed up and planned to fight back. VC continued their guerilla warfare and Americans invaded in three platoons. After the Vietnam ceased fire, the Americans walked the villages, and civilians began to leave their homes. They began to kill the Vietnam civilians on sight, with guns and grenades, in homes, the irrigation ditch, bunkers, and on the streets.

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How I explain what happened with the American soldiers at My Lai was that first went there to stop communist. That was their duty as soldiers and one of the fellow soldiers lost his life by a sniper and it went down hill from there. They wanted to take revenge on and they believed that the people in the village knew were all the bombs and traps where and they wanted them to tell where all the bombs and traps. Then the soldiers started taking matters into their own hands. Which resulted into a massacre of over 500 innocent civilians.

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What happened with the soldiers at My Lai is that they assumed everyone was an enemy so they ended up killing tons of innocent people and it turned into a massacre.

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I think what happened in My Lai was just soldiers following their orders but it got over hand because they were confused of who was the enemy and what was right. So they killed 500 civilians who were unarmed including children. All of these started when their teammates got killed by  snipers, bombs, and traps. In which they thought the civilians are with the vc since they were the only people around.

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Its to interesting to me that that had no problem killing a bunch of civilians and continued doing it with no problem or remorse for another human being even through they were person and that our country doesn't  know how to mind their own business when the time is not about them they are to concern with what other countries of people and that doesn't have nothing to do with them

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the American soldiers went on a carnage killing everyone just gruesome and heartless innocent civilians lives were taken. the fear and anger and false intellect flooded the air and caused the situation to grow progressively worse.

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In My Lai, the American soldiers were in a peaceful place. They were in Vietnam enjoying life as a vacation rather than a war. This had changed when the soldiers began to suffer casualties. The civilian people of My Lai were no longer in safety. They had knew about the all the mines and traps around the villages, but kept it from the American soldiers. This is when their village was destroyed. The soldiers got orders to kill anything in sight. I don't agree with civilians dying from the soldiers because it is not them who had hurt the soldiers.

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I mean it's kind of hard to explain it but the American soldiers went to My Lai,  they trained thinking this "massacre" wasn't anything big but as soon as snipers starting taking out one soldier at a time, they started to panic. Then they start walking into traps and didn't know what to do, so they started pulling people from the villages to ask where the traps were since they knew where it was. The soldiers then started to burn housed and then shoot up the Vietnamese in ditches and bomb up villages.

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What happened with the American soldiers at My Lai was that they went through a tough phase. They did not who where the enemies so they acted with their instinct. All those innocent lives . This can come by when one of their own died from a shot so they probably wanted vengeance.

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What had happen with the American soldiers at My Lai was a tragedy. They weren't sure who were the enemies so they assumed the Vietnamese were them and rapidly attacked and shot anyone who had came there way. Yes it was as you can say an accident because they weren't sure, but they could have solved it a different way. They made the whole situation worst and killed many innocent people especially children.

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It was a combination of loss, fear, and anger. When the charlie company was given false intel about potential threats, a sense of revenge came over the company. All of these factors combined caused the situation to become progressivley worse. With low morale and a bloodthirsty captain, Led the soldiers to attack the civilians in the area that they were told would either be viet cong or viet cong sympathizers. Resulting in the massacre of over 500 civilians

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I believe what happened in My Lai could have been a misunderstanding, the soldiers believed that the town they were going into was going to be "very aggressive" and were told to kill anything that moved. They did as they were told. After losing men the unit became "aggravated" says John Smail They believed they were at war going into My Lai soon after they began killing off the citizens of My Lai some members of the company realized that

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I explain what happened at My Lai that it was a combination of a lot of things that ended in a tragic accident. The soldiers are partly to blame because of their fear, anger, and want for revenge this accident happened but at the end of the day the ones that are mainly to blame are the higher ups. Politicians and the generals that ordered the attack that gave the soldiers wrong information and lead to so many innocents being killed. Just like at the end of the video this is a national shame anyone from america that was a part of it has part of the shame

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It is hard to understand what happened at My Lai. On the one hand soldiers killed innocent people; old men and women, mothers and their children...babies. It seems unjust, and like a waste of life. On the other hand this was war. In the video soldiers talked about following orders and being trained to kill. So who is really to blame? The leaders? The American government for sending boys to war? It is hard to say. The soldiers had been through a lot leading up to My Lai, and they thought they were going to be able to seek revenge on a North Vietnamese Battalion. That is what their leaders told them, but the Battalion of North Vietnamese soldiers didn't end up being there, only civilians. It is overall a sad situation. But again, who should be held responsible?