a clean-cut Hugh Thompson Jnr, pictured in the sixties, in his army fatigues

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1. John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 05:39:31 JST John Bull

   On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter reconnaissance for an attack on an alleged North Vietnamese-controlled village at My Lai.

   As the ground attack developed below, Thompson realised he was in fact witnessing something something else:

   A massacre.

   He decided to act. /1 🧵 #history #histodons