My Lai
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US History [1]
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My Lai [2]
What Captain Medina knew of these war crimes is not certain.? It was a chaotic operation.? Gary Garfolo said, "I could hear shooting all the time.? Medina was running back and forth everywhere.? This wasn't no organized deal."? Medina would later testify that he didn't enter the village until 10 a.m., after most of the shooting had stopped, and did not personally witness a single civilian being killed.? Others put Medina in the village closer to 9 a.m., and close to the scene of many of the murders as they were happening. Thompson and his crew witnessed an unarmed passive woman being kicked and shot at point-blank range by Captain Medina (Medina later claimed that he thought she had a grenade)