40 years ago today, American soldiers in Charlie Company, of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division, murdered upwards of 500 civilians, almost exclusively women, children, and old men, in the hamlets of My Lai and My Khe in Vietnam. It's true that several soldiers chose not to participate in the event and that there were some heroes, like Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, Jr., a helicopter pilot who put down his aircraft......