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...scover Manny dead. The soldiers then made their way to the village where they take out their frustrations on the people. The lieutenant then tells them that if people were killed for no reason, he would take it up in court. Again, the men are patrolling through the jungle and the Vietnamese attack them. Barnes goes to get him after Wolfe tells them to get out of the area because they were going to bomb it. Elias runs through the woods and finally finds Barnes. Barnes then shoots him. He goes to tell Chris and the men with him to evacuate and tells them that he found Elias dead. Chris reluctantly believes him and the men are loaded on to helicopters to get out of the area. Chris sees Elias running away from the Vietnamese below. He is finally tracked down by the enemy and killed. Gunfire is heard in the distance, so the rest of the platoon prepare in their foxholes. Tex comes in to Chris’s hole and tells about all of the Vietnamese that are coming. Chris fights and saves himself and Manny from dying. The heavy fighting continues and the Vietnamese seem to be overrunning the Americans. Chris meets with Barnes who seems like he is going to kill Chris. Bombs are dropped close by to wipe out nearly everyone. Chris slowly gets up to look at the destruction of the night before. Barnes tells Chris to get him a medic, but Chris shoots him. A few minutes later relief forces arrive and give the injured Chris some help. Chris, Francis, and all of the other injured and dead are taken to a helicopter landing zone. The injured, including Chris, are loaded on to the helicopters and flown out. On March 16, 1968 the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the village of My Lai. A short time later the killing began. It sent shockwaves through the US political establishment, the military's chain of command, and an already divided American public. Numerous members of Charlie Company had been maimed or killed in the area during the preceding weeks. Under the command of Lt. William Calley, they entered the village for engagement with the Vietcong. Calley ordered his men to enter the village firing. According to eyewitness reports offered after the event, several old men were bayoneted, praying women and children were shot in the back of the head, and at least one girl was raped, and then killed. Calley was said to have rounded up a group of the villagers, ordered them into a ditch, and mowed them down in a fury of machine gun fire. Journalist Seymour Hersh published a story detailing his conversations with a Vietnam veteran. Before speaking with Hersh, he had appealed to Congress, the...