Hugh Thompson & Helicopter Crew Honored for Helping End My Lai Massacre - ABC News - 3/6/1998

30 years after the massacre, Thompson and the two other members of his crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, were awarded the Soldier’s Medal (Andreotta posthumously), the United States Army’s highest award for bravery not involving direct contact with the enemy. The crew stopped numerous killings by threatening and blocking American officers and enlisted soldiers who had executed more than 500 villagers - mostly women, children and the elderly. The crew then airlifted surviving villagers out of the a