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Sy Hersh on the My Lai Massacre Anniversary

Web ExclusiveMarch 17, 2012

Friday March 16th marked the 44th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when U.S. troops killed hundreds of civilians. Journalist Sy Hersh won the Pulitzer for exposing the massacre and the subsequent Pentagon cover-up. This segment features Hersh from 2008, the 40th anniversary of the massacre.

Watch: 1968, Forty Years Later: My Lai Massacre Remembered by Survivors, Victims’ Families and US War Vets

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