My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent Into Darkness

by Howard Jones

Book Overview

On the early morning of March 16, 1968, American soldiers from three platoons of Charlie Company (1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division), entered a group of hamlets located in the Son Tinh district of South Vietnam, located near the Demilitarized Zone and known as "Pinkville" because of the high level of Vietcong infiltration. The soldiers, many still teenagers who had been in the country for three months,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195393600
• ISBN13: 9780195393606
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"