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The Mỹ Lai massacre (English: /ˌmˈl/; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai Vietnamese: [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj]) was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in Sơn Tịnh district, South Vietnam, on 16 March 1968 during the Vietnam War. Between 347 and 504 unarmed people were killed by U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims i…

The Ba Làng An Peninsula (Vietnamese: mũi Ba Làng An) is a peninsula in Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam, northeast of Quảng Ngãi and south of Chu Lai. The name was often mispronounced as "Ba Tang An" and known as Batangan during the Vietnam War, although Far Eastern Economic Review and other sources continue to refer to the "Ba Lang An peninsula." History The "Three Villages called An" which give the name to the peninsula are Vân An, An Chuẩn, and An Hải. The term "ba làng" is native Vietnamese la…