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Veterans Honored for Trying to Stop My Lai Massacre U.S. Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson and door gunner Lawrence Colburn received the prestigious Soldier's Medal at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today for their attempts to stop the notorious My Lai massacre.

Veterans Honored for Trying to Stop My Lai Massacre

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Veterans Honored for Trying to Stop My Lai Massacre

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U.S. Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson and door gunner Lawrence Colburn received the prestigious Soldier's Medal at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today for their attempts to stop the notorious My Lai massacre.

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