The US Government Hid This About The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was dubbed a dirty war for a variety of reasons, the most notable of which being the brutality with which American forces attempted to suppress the communist insurrection. Join us, as we look at what the US government hid during the Vietnam war.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident:

The United States administration overstated and probably manipulated details about the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 to justify expanded military involvement in Vietnam. It was alleged that North Vietnamese forces attacked US ships, but later evidence suggested that the second attack may never have occurred. In early August 1964, two US destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been attacked by North Vietnamese forces. In reaction to these reported instances, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to authorize an expansion of the United States military commitment in Indochina. On August 7, 1964, Congress enacted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing President Johnson to take whatever steps he deemed necessary to retaliate and promote international peace and security in Southeast Asia. This resolution provided the legal foundation for the Johnson and Nixon administrations' prosecution of the Vietnam War.

My Lai Massacre:

The My Lai massacre was a war crime conducted by US Army forces on March 16, 1968, including the wholesale slaughter of unarmed villagers in the Sơn Tịnh district, in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Between 347 and 504 people were killed by US soldiers. The victims included men, women, children, and newborns. Some women were gang-raped and had their bodies maimed, while some soldiers mutilated and raped children as young as 12. It was the most widely known slaughter of civilians by the US military in the twentieth century. Twenty-six troops were accused of illegal activity, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering 22 villagers, but he served three and a half years under house arrest after U.S. President Richard Nixon commuted it.

The slaughter was dubbed "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War". Later, when the Army began its inquiry, the media referred to the event as the Songmy massacre. The event is now known as the My Lai Massacre in the United States and the Sơn Mỹ Massacre in Vietnam. When the massacre became public in November 1969, it sparked indignation around the globe. It fueled political opposition to the United States' engagement in the Vietnam War, both because of the scale of casualties and attempts to conceal the events. Initially, the three US servicemen who attempted to stop the killing and rescue sheltering civilians were shunned and even branded as traitors by numerous US legislators, notably Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thirty years later, the US Army recognized and awarded the three servicemen, one posthumously, for protecting noncombatants in a battle zone.

[kennethharrison]

War is Hell ! My Brother was U.S Marine in Vietnam . People die in War . Jesus will Judge . In War solders take orders, thay just wanted to survive . We do what we have to do . God Bless the United States of America ! ❤

[chuck]

The draft didn't catch me. I am so lucky!

[paulajones]

I KNOW war IS Hell. I just DON'T believe one Country show BE allowed to do this to another!¡! It's Inhumane.

[tomschmitz]

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