It’s a helluva hoot. … It’s a lot of fun to shoot some people.

––  Lieutenant General James L Mattis, United states Marine Corps

       The My Lai Massacre: United states Army Second Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. (private mercenary), commanding the First Platoon, of Company C, of the First Battalion, of the 20th Infantry Regiment, of the 11th Infantry Brigade, of the 23rd Infantry Division, orders his unit to murder 350 to 500 unarmed Vietnamese villagers.

       [restored 10/22/2022]