Following this event, Ronald Ridenhour wrote letters to Congressmen asking them to investigate the "Pinkville incident." Colin Powell received a letter regarding this event and others like it but he claimed that the writer exaggerated in both scope and quantity. Hugh Thompson helped end this event, earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross. William Calley was the only participant convicted following this event, and his prison sentence was commuted to two years of house arrest. For 10 points, name this Vietnam War event
Following this event, Ronald Ridenhour wrote letters to Congressmen asking them to investigate the "Pinkville incident." Colin Powell received a letter regarding this event and others like it but he claimed that the writer exaggerated in both scope and quantity. Hugh Thompson helped end this event, earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross. William Calley was the only participant convicted following this event, and his prison sentence was commuted to two years of house arrest. For 10 points, name this Vietnam War event in which American soldiers massacred inhabitants of a certain hamlet.
Following this event, Ronald Ridenhour wrote letters to Congressmen asking them to investigate the "Pinkville incident."
My Lai Massacre [or Son My Massacre] 