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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 Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn .
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.
Apr 11, 2017 · US military helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson helped stop one of the most infamous massacres of the Vietnam War. In an interview first broadcast in 2004, Hardtalk's Tim...
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,...
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...
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a helicopter pilot who landed in a Vietnamese village and prevented more killings by U.S. soldiers in 1968. He received the Soldier's Medal for his heroism and voluntarily risking his life under conditions other than those in conflict with the enemy.
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.
