Saturday, 17 May 2014

Hugh Thompson Jr., a helicopter pilot in Vietnam…

Hugh Thompson Jr., a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, threw away his Distinguished Flying Cross when he saw the citation included a fabricated account of the My Lai Massacre. The citation stated he saved a young Vietnamese girl from “intense crossfire,” when he had, in fact, saved many people from being murdered by American soldiers.






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/1n6OVqM

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