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'''My Lai''', a hamlet in South [[Vietnam]], was the scene of the [[My Lai massacre]] of 16 March 1968, when [[US]] troops murdered several hundred villagers, men, women and children and committed multiple rapes. The massacre prompted worldwide condemnation and reduced support for the [[Vietnam War]] in the United States.
'''My Lai''', a hamlet in South [[Vietnam]], was the scene of the [[My Lai massacre]] of 16 March 1968, when [[US]] troops murdered several hundred villagers, men, women and children and committed multiple rapes. The massacre prompted worldwide condemnation and reduced support for the [[Vietnam War]] in the United States.
=== Background ===
=== Background ===
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According to University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor Doug Linder:
According to University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor Doug Linder:
:GIs joked that "anything that's dead and isn't white is a [[Viet Cong|VC]]" for body count purposes. Angered by a local population that said nothing about the VC's whereabouts, soldiers took to calling natives "gooks." [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/Myl_intro.html (source)]
:GIs joked that "anything that's dead and isn't white is a [[Viet Cong|VC]]" for body count purposes. Angered by a local population that said nothing about the VC's whereabouts, soldiers took to calling natives "gooks." [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/Myl_intro.html (source)]