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>> vietnam, 5th cavalry, initiating new men. >> we'll start by singing a new song. ♪ doo-dah ♪ doo-dah ♪ you're going home in a body bag all the doo-dah day ♪ >> the day after the initiations, five men came back in body bags. >> by the '70s, the u.s. army in vietnam had been essentially destroyed. every time we tangled with the vietnamese, we were getting killed. and there was no end to it. so you've got what amounted to a state of individual mutiny in the u.s. army. >> senseless. just walking down the road. >> i'm not going to walk down there. i'll walk down the trail. >> no. we're go...

It was a complete failure. >> the white house is accutely aware that the my lai scandal could bring about a disastrous withering away public support for the vietnam war and mr. nixon's plans for a staged withdrawal of american forces. >> what happened in the my lai case was not a combat situation. he shot in cold blood old men, women and children and we as a country fail to recognize an act of cold-blooded murder, then we are no better than -- >> why not convict the battalion commander of -- >> why not? >> hold on. hold on. >> secretary of defense, every single one of them that put the man in ...

Country fail to recognize an act of cold-blooded murder, then we are no better than -- >> why not convict the battalion commander of --. >> why not. >> hold on. hold on. >> secretary of defense, every single one of them that put the man in vietnam should be standing there saying, i am guilty, too. that's how i feel. every one of them. vietnam, 5th cavalry, initiating new men. >> sing a little song. ♪ doo-dah ♪ you're going home in a body bag ♪ ♪ all the doo-dah day ♪ doo-dah ♪ you're going home in a body bag all the doo-dah day ♪ >> the day after the

They had lost it themselves. it was a complete failure. >> the white house is accutely aware that the my lai scandal could bring about a disastrous withering away public support for the vietnam war and mr. nixon's plans for a staged withdrawal of american forces. >> what happened in the my lai case was not a combat situation. he shot in cold blood old men, women and children and we as a country fail to recognize an act of cold-blooded murder, then we are no better than -- >> why not convict the battalion commander of --. >> why not. >> hold on. hold on. >> secretary of defense, every single on...

>> tina durant accepting on behalf of her father specialist hay sues durant. he distinguished himself by gallantry and intrepid above and gon beyond the call of duty. 5th cavalry, first cavalry air mobile during combat operations against armed enemy in the republic of vietnam on april 10, 1969. that afternoon, the reconnaissance platoon was moved into an elaborate enemy bunker complex when the lead elements took ambush fire from every