A forgotten hero stopped the My Lai massacre 50 years ago
I wouldn't call him forgotten - while I'm bad with remembering names, when I saw "My Lai", the first thing that came to mind was "that badass helicopter pilot who landed his helicopter between civilians and US soldiers, and threatened to open fire to protect the civilians".<p>What I <i>didn't</i> know was that he took so much flak for that - from statements that <i>he</i> should be the one punished to death threats and dead animals on his porch. Unsurprising, yet sad.<p>His name was Hugh Thompson, and today, let's remember that name[1].<p>[1]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson_Jr" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson_Jr</a>.