To disrupt these soldiers’ emotions and mental state even more, they held a memorial for the fallen soldiers near My Lai only two weeks before the massacre would ensue. Additionally, from the perspective of Lieutenant William Calley, he had seen the inside of a helicopter full of body parts of his dead soldiers and that unquestionably instilled him with “a deeper sense of hatred for the enemy.” Unfortunately, hatred for the enemy and an inability to identify the enemy, resulted in a hatred for all of Vietnam regardless of their side. Each of these events that took place before the My Lai massacre, resulted in dehumanization, distrust, and hatred of the Vietnamese, which were important elements in enabling the massacre to actually
To disrupt these soldiers’ emotions and mental state even more, they held a memorial for the fallen soldiers near My Lai only two weeks before the massacre would ensue. Additionally, from the perspective of Lieutenant William Calley, he had seen the inside of a helicopter full of body parts of his dead soldiers and that unquestionably instilled him with “a deeper sense of hatred for the enemy.” Unfortunately, hatred for the enemy and an inability to identify the enemy, resulted in a hatred for all of Vietnam regardless of their side. Each of these events that took place before the My Lai massacre, resulted in dehumanization, distrust, and hatred of the Vietnamese, which were important elements in enabling the massacre to actually