My Lai

A small stop on the very big drive between Quy Nhon and Hoi An is a small community called My Lai. During the war it was a small village that was thought by some Americans to be helping the Viet Cong. A few of the higher ranking Generals went off the rails here and decided to order a massacre which could only be thought of as similar to the Nazi party. 504 people including women and children were dragged from their houses and thrown into a ditch, where they were fired upon until dead. It was only from the courage of two of the US troops present, that any Vietnamese survived. One of them was a Helicopter pilot who began flying the remaining people to safety despite the threats on his own life for such an action.

The village is now a permanent memorial where you can see the names of all the people who perished, as well as the two heros & all the spots in which the attrocities took place.