55 years ago, on March 16th, 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War

55 years ago, on March 16th, 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers killed unarmed villagers: men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated, and some mutilated and raped included children who were as young as 12 Estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504.