There Was Another War Once
Hugh Thompson Jnr, a former US military helicopter pilot who helped stop one of the most infamous massacres of the Vietnam War has died, aged 62.
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"There was no way I could turn my back on them," he later said of the victims.
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But Mr Thompson was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over My Lai.
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"There was no way I could turn my back on them," he later said of the victims.
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But Mr Thompson was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over My Lai.
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posted by spork_incident at Friday, January 06, 2006
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