My Lai

[ mee lahy ]

noun

1. a hamlet in S Vietnam: U.S. forces' massacre of South Vietnamese civilians 1968.

My Lai

/ ˈmaɪ ˈlaɪ; ˈmiː /

noun

1. a village in S Vietnam where in 1968 US troops massacred over 400 civilians

Example Sentences

“If Nixon’s reality — wearing a new Ford face — continues to run the country against the law, our homes will be bloodier than the Tate-LaBianca houses and My Lai put together,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Three-and-a-half months later, 24-year-old “Rusty” Calley was at the center of the My Lai massacre, one of the darkest chapters in U.S. military history.

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After My Lai, Calley was sentenced to life at hard labor.

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William Calley for the My Lai massacre underscored roiling tensions in America.

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Once the story of My Lai emerged, “the American government couldn’t say, ‘Oh, that’s how it is in Vietnam, everyone,’” He wrote.

From Los Angeles Times