Vietnamese civilians killed in vietnam war

The Vietnam War was not going well on April 30, 1970, when President Richard Nixon announced on national television that he had ordered American troops into Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese encampments there. After enumerating his reasons for expanding the war into a neutral nation, Nixon veered into an attack against protesters, particularly college students, who were opposing the war in Southeast Asia.“We live in an age of anarchy, both abroad and at home,” Nixon told that Thursday night audience. “Even here in the United States, great universities are being systematically destroyed.”Reaction on campuses the following day was immediate and, in many cases, unruly. But that weekend, protests at Kent State University in Ohio grew particularly extreme. A Friday afternoon march on campus turned, by nightfall, into a window-breaking binge in downtown Kent. And though a group of students returned the next morning to help clean up the mess, angry Gov. James Rhodes … [Read more...] about May 4, 1970: Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE HANOI, Vietnam — Sen. John McCain's Vietnamese jailer said he respected his former inmate and felt sad about his death, as others in Vietnam paid their respects to the former U.S. Navy pilot who became a prisoner of war and later was instrumental in bringing the wartime foes together. McCain's Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and he was taken prisoner and held in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison for more than five years. Former Col. Tran Trong Duyet, who ran the prison at the time, said he met with McCain many times while he was confined there. "At that time I liked him personally for his toughness and strong stance," he told the newspaper Vietnam News, published by the official Vietnam News Agency. "Later on when he became a U.S. senator, he and Sen. John Kerry greatly contributed to promote Vietnam-U.S. relations so I was very fond of … [Read more...] about Former Vietnamese ‘Hanoi Hilton’ jailer says he respected POW McCain

Sen. John McCain's Vietnamese jailer said he respected his former inmate and felt sad about his death, as others in Vietnam paid their respects to the former U.S. Navy pilot who became a prisoner of war and later was instrumental in bringing the wartime foes together. McCain's Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and he was taken prisoner and held in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison for more than five years. Former Col. Tran Trong Duyet, who ran the prison at the time, said he met with McCain many times while he was confined there. "At that time I liked him personally for his toughness and strong stance," he told the newspaper Vietnam News, published by the official Vietnam News Agency. Sen. John McCain's Life in Photos Scott J. Ferrell/CQ-Roll Call via Getty "Later on when he became a U.S. senator, he and Sen. John Kerry greatly contributed to promote Vietnam-U.S. relations so I was very fond of him," Vietnam News quoted Duyet as saying Sunday. "When I … [Read more...] about Former Vietnamese Jailer Says He Respected Sen. McCain

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Cambodia’s Hun Sen threatens to kill opposition politicians if E.U. ends preferences Brief generational history of Cambodia Cambodia’s Hun Sen threatens to kill opposition politicians if E.U. ends preferences Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is threatening to kill opposition politicians if the European Union revokes its grant of trade preferences to Cambodia. The trade preference program, known as the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP), grants to Myanmar the right to export goods to the E.U. without paying tariffs. The GSP “Everything But Arms” (EBA) status allows Cambodia to sell any goods except weapons tariff-free into the E.U. The E.U. threat follows elections last year in July when Hun Sen’s party won all 125 parliamentary seats up for election. To guarantee his victory, early last year Hun Sen jailed Kem Sokha, the leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue … [Read more...] about World View: Cambodia’s Hun Sen Threatens to Kill Opposition Politicians if E.U. Ends Preferences

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Former Army Capt. Ernest Medina, a key figure in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, has died in Wisconsin. He was 81.Medina was an Army captain when American troops under his command killed hundreds of civilians in the small village in 1968. He was acquitted in a court-martial over the massacre.Medina died May 8, according to an obituary written by his family. No cause of death was given.Medina was captain of Charlie Company, whose troops entered My Lai and a neighboring community and massacred 504 unarmed Vietnamese villagers over three to four hours — mostly women, children and elderly men. The soldiers were told they were on a mission to confront a crack Vietcong unit, but met no resistance.Medina is being buried Monday. … [Read more...] about Ernest Medina, key figure in My Lai massacre, has died