My Lai


Barak Goodman, Director of My Lai

Interview by Jim Dingeman

My Lai airs on PBS April 26th, 2010, under the banner of the American Experience documentary series. 

The My Lai Inquiry by The Economist:

Material associated with the Court Martial:

My Lai Court Martial Transcript

“My Lai Mea Culpa” Hits Close to Home for UMKC Professor

Volume I, The Report of the Investigation. Dated 14 March 1970, declassified and published 1974. The full text of the official report of the U.S. Army inquiry headed by General William R. Peers. (PDF)

Volume II - Testimony. Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations into the My Lai Incident.

Volume III - Exhibits. Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations into the My Lai Incident.

PAVN Political Section Report on Massacre at My Lai.” U.S. translation, CDEC Log No. 12-2391-69, of a document captured 19 December 1969, possibly written by the Political Section of the 209th Regiment, PAVN 7th Division, describing the My Lai Massacre. (PDF)

Four Hours in My Lai, Part One:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Two:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Three:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Four:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Five:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Six:

Four Hours in My Lai, Part Seven:

To Swing Wide the Gates of Mercy:

Hugh Thomson, Jr. and Larry Coburn speak about their experiences to students at the University of Delaware prior to the start of the Iraq war.

Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley

Interview with Hugh Thompson, Jr. with the BBC