At the commemoration (Photo: VNA) QuangNgai (VNA) – Hundreds of local people on March 16 offered incense atMy Son relic site in Tinh Khe commune, the central province of Quang Ngai tocommemorate victims of a bloody massacre by US troops 49 years ago.
The killings thatoccurred on March 16, 1968 in My Lai hamlet (now Son My village, Tinh Khecommune) prompted widespread outrage around the world. The massacre is alsocredited with advancing the end of the American War because it significantlyundermined public support in the United States for the war effort.
Some 504 unarmedcivilians in Tinh Khe commune were slaughtered, mostly elderly villagers, womenand children. Hundreds of houses, along with thousands of heads of cattle andpoultry, and all food, were burned and destroyed that day.
At the ceremony,Billy Kelly, a US war veteran, placed 504 roses to commemorate thevictims.
Meanwhile, anotherwar veteran Mike Boehm, who is also Managing Director of the Madison Quakerscharitable organisation, played a piece of music named “The sound of the violinin My Lai” in memory of the victims.
Boehm has visitedSon My Memorial frequently, where he plays his violin to pray for the souls ofthe massacre victims and to send out a message of peace.
Over the past 50 years, Son My people have joined hands to revive their land afterwars and push socio-cultural-economic development.-VNA
The killings thatoccurred on March 16, 1968 in My Lai hamlet (now Son My village, Tinh Khecommune) prompted widespread outrage around the world. The massacre is alsocredited with advancing the end of the American War because it significantlyundermined public support in the United States for the war effort.
Some 504 unarmedcivilians in Tinh Khe commune were slaughtered, mostly elderly villagers, womenand children. Hundreds of houses, along with thousands of heads of cattle andpoultry, and all food, were burned and destroyed that day.
At the ceremony,Billy Kelly, a US war veteran, placed 504 roses to commemorate thevictims.
Meanwhile, anotherwar veteran Mike Boehm, who is also Managing Director of the Madison Quakerscharitable organisation, played a piece of music named “The sound of the violinin My Lai” in memory of the victims.
Boehm has visitedSon My Memorial frequently, where he plays his violin to pray for the souls ofthe massacre victims and to send out a message of peace.
Over the past 50 years, Son My people have joined hands to revive their land afterwars and push socio-cultural-economic development.-VNA
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