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My Lai If the Vietnam War is a black mark on American history, March 16, 1968 is when it is at its darkest. On that tragic day the 150 men of Charlie Company of the US 11th Light Infantry Brigade, entered the hamlet of My Lai, located in the Quang Ngai province, and massicard an estimated 500 unarmed civilian. ... So when the orders, to search out, and destroy the VC hiding at My Lai, were given, these frustrated solders saw it as an opportunity to exsact revenge on the enemy that eluded them. When the members of Charlie Company enterd My Lai it was with guns-a-blazing, but they were met with no opposition. ... In the wake of the attrositues that took place at My Lai, a cover up soon followed.