THE MY LAI MASSACRE “Boys will be boys.” A commonly use quote. So what happens when a group of young men, who have just seen their best friend killed, goes on a search and destroy mission to face a village full of strangers from a distant land? You get the My Lai massacre. The whole village was wiped out by the US Eleventh Light Infantry Brigade. One hundred fifty Soldiers took out five hundred unarmed …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…s. The media showed reports of cover-ups, conspiracy, and lying by top officials during the Vietnam War, which led to the credibility gap, and ultimately lead to serious investigative reporting (Lai 1). After reports of My Lai surfaced, the tides of public opinion changed. 985688R 3 So did 500 innocent Vietnamese lives have to end abruptly or could we have solved it? So when will they take blame for the incident? And when will boys turn into men?