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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seymour Hersh. An account of the massacre of Vietnamese civilians by the Pulitzer prizewinning journalist who broke the story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: The Year's Best Books | 1/4/1971 | See Source »

...seven-man team is bolstered by two outstanding freshmen from California Peter Hersh and Peter Kellog-and one from the Philippines-Phil Jonkeer. The West coast is traditionally better water polo country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Water Polo Team Stretches Unbeaten String | 10/16/1970 | See Source »

Largely devoid of adjectives, Seymour Hersh's style is that of the dispassionate police reporter, which he once was in Chicago. Hammer more vividly conveys the feelings, the thinking and the language of the troops by freer use of description, rhetorical questions, assertive judgments. A longtime freelance journalist now with the Week in Review section of the New York Times, Hammer also adds another dimension -mainly by revealing how dozens of Vietnamese survivors viewed the attack. "I have no idea why the G.I.s come and do this thing," said one despairing grandmother, who had watched much of her family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Meaninglessness of My Lai | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

Both books bring the horror back with new impact. And both are based on the reports of many witnesses whose willingness to incriminate themselves lends credence to their testimony. Hersh, a freelance Washington journalist who has just won a Pulitzer Prize for his effort, places the number of dead at between 450 and 500. Describing the murderous mood of the U.S. troops, he writes: "A G.I. was chasing a duck with a knife; others stood around watching a G.I. slaughter a cow with a bayonet. A G.I. with an M-16 rifle fired at two young boys walking along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Meaninglessness of My Lai | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

Chasing G.I.s. To get the original story, Hersh doggedly pursued a tip from a friend at the Pentagon until he was able to reveal the extent of the massacre-initially through the obscure Dispatch News Service. He logged some 50,000 air miles chasing ex-G.I.s for their versions. In pinpointing the involvement of Charlie Company's officers, including Captain Ernest Medina and Lieut. William Galley Jr., he names the accusing witnesses and scrupulously uses no anonymous quotes. His book bluntly lays out much of the prosecution's case in the impending military trials. He even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Meaninglessness of My Lai | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

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