[0162-2222] THE MY LAI COVER UP – Companion Dossier (PDF)

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On March 16, 1968, Charlie Company entered the hamlet of My Lai 4 and perpetrated one of the darkest atrocities in American military history. Yet within hours, the true slaughter of unarmed women, children, and elderly villagers was systematically expunged from the record. In a canvas tent at Chu Lai, military typists forged Combat After Action Reports, cataloging 128 phantom enemy combatants while masking the massacre beneath bureaucratic routine. This investigative dossier deconstructs the anatomy of that high-level military deception. Drawing from declassified inspector general files, altered operational forms, and suppressed witness testimony, this file tracks how brigade and division commanders buried the courageous intervention of scout pilot Hugh Thompson and concealed photographic evidence smuggled out in a soldier’s duffel bag. Step through the timeline of silence, examine side-by-side document alterations, and trace the structural complicity of senior officers determined to protect the chain of command at all costs. The My Lai Cover-Up Dossier offers an unvarnished forensic analysis of how institutional power manipulated operational intelligence to construct a brazen military myth.