Killed it on STIMELA

This is what we call Heaven on Earth. Sir Hugh Masekela left us his life history to remember

Kenneth Hodges is my adopted father.... He is more of a daddy than my real Daddy. And my Daddy served in Vietnam too😢

Looking at this documentary, I can't help the fact that we executed and convicted the Germans who "just followed orders", but these butchers came of lightly.... A shame on the great list the Muricaaa did...

anyone else feel zero sympathy for the war criminal

43:27 There is no other name than evil for that. The fact that he still believes he acted morally is beyond disgusting. The psychic and moral decay at the heart of America is disturbing. He would have happily and proudly been a Nazi.

They didn't help you? WTF should they have done to help you??

Thanks for that Brazil tune. Never heard it

I miss Bra Hugh. What a phenomenon!

War is uncompromising my prays go to all that lost their life. We are all sinners.

Bullshit! As an ex British soldier we are not trained, programmed, or conditioned, to follow an illegal order to kill civilians, especially murdering infants, this is the same for the Americans, because there is a thing caled the Geneva Conention, apart from the natural sense of moral obligation which all human beings should adhere too, thatAmerica is a signatory to, and should uphold, but in Viet Nam morality was a flexible issue, and the Vietnamese were perceived as less then human

May those vets dream of Mai Lai for an eternity.

29:14 probably has nightmares _every_ night

24:00 I think what is worse is when you put yourself into the other person's mind. He's thinking about the type of thoughts the boy was having.

Nazi philosophy

The thing is you will have sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists and psychopaths narcissists in the Army along side ordinary reasonably stable Soldiers. If these personality disordered individuals get into positions of power, all hell can break loose.

Just the way way are cops think

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I am beyond grateful this performance happened before he passed. What an experience!

@7:09 - does anyone know what watch he is wearing? His watch game, is impeccable.

"I just followed suite" 😮

MURRRDRERS!

The black guy in his living room with the picture book had a sense of accountability that shows me his remorse is truly genuine

Listening to Calley and seeing him drive off in a Mercedes makes me want to puke. A consummate coward.

“Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” ― Henry Kissinger

Where is nunerberg trial

After watching this, it brought me back to the raw brutality of the My Lai Massacre. The film doesn't pull any punches, showing the harsh realities of war that I experienced firsthand. It's a gritty reminder of the darkness and tough decisions we faced in combat. As a veteran, it hits hard, but it's essential for everyone to see. This film is a no-holds-barred portrayal of the true cost of war.

For anyone wondering Varnando Simpson (the last guy interviewed who’s son was killed) eventually killed himself on May 4, 1997 by shooting himself in the head.

Kenneth hodges was a scumbag and speaks so lightly on the situation. Accused of rape and murder of civilians in my lai (you can see his name and charges in the report) and never faced repercussions. He regrets nothing, hearing him speak on my lai.

Mig-29 is so beautiful ❤

Varnado Simpson committed suicide in 1997. Rip

David Serame, centre stage backing vocalist in blue-yellow Dashiki. RIP

This is beyond horrific! My heart absolutely breaks for all of the victims and their loved ones who are generationally traumatized by this. I can’t imagine that level of suffering and pain. Every soldier involved should have went to prison! My prayers are with the families of all victims. I need to say though , that not all veterans are capable of such atrocities. I worked in a group home for Vietnam era veterans. They were almost entirely draftees, not cut out for the military, let alone hurting others, war or not. They mentally broke from the things that happened on both sides, including a 3 year POW. He was so traumatized that he wouldn’t look people in the eyes and almost entirely mute except for short whispering answers. He was over 6’5” and had a very large build, but he made himself as small as possible and stayed in his room and kept to himself except for meals, meds, hygiene, and medical appointments. It broke my heart. After I worked with him for a year, he looked me in the eye. All I could see was the 18 year old draftee, who was thrown into a jungle, captured, thrown in a hole, and you can guess the rest. I can’t imagine what that would be like. Another vet would come to me periodically and ask if he would be sent back to Vietnam and he would try to trust my reassurance that he’ll never have to go back. I could go on, but you get the idea. How any of humanity can think that war is a solution when it only equals trauma and harm to all involved is beyond me. There are the victims, the ones who break, the evil, and also the heros. I’ve seen other interviews with Ty Mai soldiers, and some laugh and state that they have no remorse. It’s sickening! Some seemed still programmed and robotic. That was from videos long before this film. The soldier who had the “book of his life” in this film , seemed like he was broken but still a bit robotic in his first interview. In this interview, he is completely consumed by what he’s done and just wants to end it (and did just a few years after this interview). Losing both of his own children must have made him feel cursed for what he’d done. He obviously lived with the ghosts of his victims for the rest of his life. He also lived in fear that he would hurt someone and became a shut-in. According to what I’ve read, he had no criminal record and never hurt anyone again. Nothing excuses what he did, but I actually believe him that he snapped after the woman and baby and that he didn’t know that was inside of him until he did it. I can’t help but wonder, would he have ever harmed anyone if he’d never joined the military? Above all, I pray for the victims and their families, and for peace 🙏

Kenneth Hodges is a psychopath. The whole interview he showed zero emotion in his face or in his voice. To say shooting children is necessary and ok when ordered to is CRAZY!! He is a disgrace to every honorable person in the military and the entire human race.

So sad

God still bless them, both sides, the greed and lies of the ruling made many victims and will continue to do so.

95% of people here would have killed civilians if they were in that same location, with the same group, at that same time in 1968. Scary isn't it.

And American still even today Americans still talk about the Vietnam War as though they did good thing in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Why Republican President Nixon decided to start pull out all US ground troops in South Vietnam in 1969.

I remember almost 30 years ago seeing this in a psychology class in college. I never forgot about that black soldier who was wracked with guilt because of the atrocities he and others were made to commit. He said it was the programming that kicked in that made them act the way they did. I lived in Japan and met a Vietnam vet who spent all night telling me of the horrors of what he'd done during the war. He said the government fucked him and others over when they came back and weren't interested in helping them. He was trained to be a killing machine, now that the war was over, he can only survive with alcohol. Interestingly enough, my big brother fought in the British army and saw fucked up shit and killed people in Iraq supporting the US. The only way he copes nowadays is with alcohol. It shows how crazy war is and that it has no winners. My heart goes out to all those young men who're are programmed to kill which irrevocably changes a person's life. That's why we need to love each other. With love from England. 😍🙏

It's been 30 years since I watched this in high school, but I never forgot that black soldier sitting there constantly shaking and saying "This is my life." This definitely had an impact on me as a teenager. Watching this and World War 2 documentaries really highlights how nearly any of us "ordinary" folk could potentially take part in something like this. We all like to think we'd be heroes like Hugh Thompson, but the frightening reality is, more of us are likely to be lost in the moment like Varnado Simpson 😢

Your usual white american cowards and their black butt buddies. Same thing they did with the american indians...americans losing a war they resort to attacking women and children (while the men are gone)

I have zero sympathy for Vernado Simpson. He commited horrible crimes and was never punished for them.

Thank you very much for uploading this. This tape was produced in Israel on behalf of the Israeli Air Force Magazine. Additional tapes were produced for the 1991,1993,1995 and 1997 events as well. The original narration was in Hebrew and I didn't know an English version was also produced.

This doc has stayed with me since I first saw it 35yrs ago. Simpson's shaking hand was something I never forgot, but it wasn't until recently I found out he shot himself in 1997.

Why worry about it? It will happen again. If you don’t want this stuff to happen don’t allow your government to start wars. Ever.

War is hell

I don't know who to feel terrible for the villagers, or the soldiers. Good grief the trauma they had to deal with for the rest of their lives.

We Thank you brother Hugh.

Jesus....Were they USGI's or SS Einsatzkommando? Awful

'I feel like we carried out the orders morally' Jesus Christ...