What events happened on February 19 1970?

Answer 1

This came from World Chronology. I remember that day. It was a sad day when we had to learn our armed forces troops could be murderers and be convicted of it. The entire gruesome event showed us that we could be as bad as the Japanese and Germans could be during WWII. It was a hot topic at my school. I hope this helps you.

****Paris peace talks to end the Vietnam War continue for a second year without progress, but Washington reduces U.S. troop strength in Vietnam below 400,000 in response to mounting public pressure as casualties rise.

North Vietnamese troops and tanks seize a key Laotian stronghold in the Plaine des Jarres in mid-February. U.S. military activity in Laos clearly "violates the spirit" of congressional measures aimed at barring use of American ground forces there, says Sen. Charles McC. Mathias (D. Md.) February 25. mathias-1cites a report that the CIA has hired hundreds of former green-beret-game-1troops to serve in Laos.

U.S. authorities at Saigon charge five U.S. Marines with murdering 11 South Vietnamese women and five children while on patrol south of Danang February 19. Capt. Ernest L. Medina and five other soldiers are charged with premeditatedmurder and rape of civilian women at the South Vietnamese village of My Lai (Songmy) in mid-March 1968. West Point's superintendent resigns following accusations that he and 13 other officers suppressed information: Gen. Samuel W. Koster commanded the Americal Division, whose First Battalion C Company was involved in the 1968 My Lai massacre of 47 civilians. A secret army investigation has reportedly found that the number of victims dwindled as information moved up the chain of command but that U.S. troops did indeed commit acts of murder, rape, sodomy, and maiming against "noncombatants."