the My Lai massacre
/ðə ˌmiː laɪ ˈmæsəkə(r)/
/ðə ˌmiː laɪ ˈmæsəkər/
- an incident that occurred during the Vietnam War on 16 March 1968. A group of US soldiers killed 347 ordinary people, including women and children, in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. In 1971, the officer who ordered the attack, Lieutenant William Calley, was sent to prison for life, but this was later reduced to 10 years and he was in fact released in 1974. Many Americans were shocked by the incident, and as a result protests against the war increased.
My Lai大屠杀：1968年3月16日越南战争期间发生的事件。一群美军士兵在My Lai越南村庄杀死了347名平民，其中包括妇女和儿童。1971年，下令发动袭击的军官威廉·卡利中尉被判终身监禁，但后来减少为10年，实际上他于1974年被释放。许多美国人对此事件感到震惊，结果反对战争的抗议活动增加了。