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Hugh Clowers Thompson junior war ein Soldat der US Army, der als Hubschrauberpilot im Vietnamkrieg diente. Bekannt wurde er für sein erfolgreiches Einschreiten in das Massaker von My Lai 1968, wozu er seine Bordschützen anwies, wenn nötig auch die US-Soldaten zu beschießen, die es verübten. Hierfür wurden ihm 1998 die Soldier ...
Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside and ...
- 1961–1964 (United States Navy), 1966–1983 (United States Army)
17. Nov. 2016 · In einem Fall stellte sich der Hubschrauberpilot Hugh Thompson junior mit seiner Besatzung den Mördern mutig entgegen. Im Jahr 2006 erlag dieser couragierte Soldat einem Krebsleiden. Der 1943 geborene Thompson meldete sich 1961 als Freiwilliger für die US Navy und diente dort drei Jahre lang als Pionier.
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12. Apr. 2022 · Updated October 5, 2022. An American helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, Hugh Thompson Jr. threatened his fellow soldiers at My Lai that he would shoot them if they didn't stop killing civilians. On March 16, 1968, a company of U.S. soldiers stormed into the Vietnamese village of Sơn Mỹ and began shooting.
1. Nov. 2022 · Hugh Thompson Jr. testified against the defendants, of whom only Calley was convicted. At the end of the trial, the second lieutenant was found guilty of murdering 22 civilians. Initially given a life sentence, he only wound up serving three-and-a-half years under house arrest after President
1. Nov. 2020 · Hugh Thompson Jr. was a twenty-five-year-old helicopter pilot and Army warrants officer. On March 16, 1968, he was flying a mission in Vietnam and came across a large number of dead civilian bodies; and in pursuing surveillance, he discovered that those civilians had been killed, and the survivors were still under fire, by American ...
7. Jan. 2006 · Hugh C. Thompson Jr., the Army helicopter pilot who helped rescue Vietnamese civilians from U.S. troops at My Lai, dies at 62. He had suffered from cancer. His heroic action on a dark day in...
