The U.S. Army charged 14 officers with covering up the My Lai massacre, forcing a public reckoning with the military’s internal accountability mechanisms. This legal action stripped away the veneer of battlefield reporting, exposing how systemic failures in command allowed the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians to remain hidden for over a year.
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en Washington, el Ejército de Estados Unidos procesa judicialmente a 14 oficiales por haber ocultado información acerca de la matanza de My Lai, en la que decenas de soldados estadounidenses violaron y torturaron hasta la muerte a centenares de civiles (principalmente mujeres y niños).
Jesús Álvarez García, periodista español (n. 1926).
Fernand Crommelynck, dramaturge, acteur et metteur en scène belge (° 19 novembre 1886).
Michał Kalecki, économiste polonais (° 22 juin 1899).
Marcel Loche, acteur français (° 8 septembre 1886).
Jérôme Carcopino, historiador francés (n. 1881).
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