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    Hugh Thompson

    Canadian stage and screen actor

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  1. 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.

  2. Nov 1, 2020 · Hugh Thompson was a United States Army Major and a former warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division who helped end the My Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968.

  3. Jan 7, 2006 · Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot who rescued Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre, reported the killings to his superior officers in a rage over what he had seen,...

  4. Mar 16, 2018 · Everybody’s heard of the My Lai massacre — March 16, 1968, 50 years ago today — but not many know about the man who stopped it: Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot.

  5. Apr 12, 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.

  6. Aug 31, 2017 · The My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968, stands as one of the darkest moments in U.S. military history. Yet in the midst of the chaos and bloodshed, one U.S. soldier followed his...

  7. Nov 1, 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 Richard Nixon commuted his sentence.

  8. Jan 6, 2006 · NEW ORLEANS — Hugh Thompson Jr., a former Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, died early Friday. He was 62.

  9. Jan 7, 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...

  10. Jan 6, 2006 · Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.

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