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The My Lai killings were a mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians, primarily women, children, and elderly people, by U.S. Army soldiers during the Vietnam War on March 16, 1968. The massacre took place in the hamlets of My Lai and My Khe, as part of a search-and-destroy mission aimed at eliminating Viet Cong fighters. The event went largely unreported for about a year, but when it was revealed, it sparked widespread outrage and protests against the Vietnam War. The incident highlighted the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by soldiers and raised significant questions about U.S. military conduct in the conflict.

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