Bill at Arrgh blog writes:"....I would like to introduce you to someone: CW2 Hugh Thompson. A fellow helicopter pilot from my war...
"You probably don't recognize his name and you probably don't know what he did, but you will definitely recognize where and when he did it: My Lai, Vietnam--1968.
"What would you call a man who saw his friends committing murder and risked his life to stop them? ..."
Photo: Vietnam War heroes Hugh Thompson and Larry Colburn are reunited with two of the women they saved during the My Lai massacre. From left to right are Colburn, Pham Thi Nhung, Pham Thi Nhanh, Ms. Nhanh's daughter, and Thompson. The reunion took place at My Lai, Vietnam, in March of 1998. Thompson was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame on March 25, 2004 for his role in stopping the My Lai massacre. (Photo by Trent Angers, Lafayette, La.)
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