Some soldiers balked at Calley’s command, but within seconds the massacre had begun, with Calley himself shooting numerous men, women and children. Despite finding only a few weapons, Calley ordered his men to begin shooting the villagers. The villagers were rounded up into groups as the soldiers inspected their huts.

Instead, they came across a quiet village of primarily women, children and older men preparing their breakfast rice. When they arrived shortly after dawn, the soldiers-led by Lieutenant William Calley-found no Viet Cong. William CalleyĪrmy commanders had advised the soldiers of Charlie Company that all who were found in the Son My area could be considered VC or active VC sympathizers, and ordered them to destroy the village. Charlie Company had lost some 28 of its members to death or injuries, and was down to just over 100 men. soldiers on the ground was dwindling, especially in the wake of the North Vietnamese-led Tet Offensive, which was launched in January 1968. Charlie Company was sent to the area on March 16 for a search-and-destroy mission.Īt the time, morale among U.S. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, volleyball player, dancer, debutante, a primate cognition researcher, teen model, comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado.In March 1968, Charlie Company-part of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade-received word that VC guerrillas had taken control of the neighboring village of Son My. In 2019, she received the university's Robert Glenn App Foundation Presidential Professorship. After receiving her Ph.D, she began working as an Associate Professor of Psychology and Professional Writing at the University of Oklahoma. She sold five books while completing university. She has advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, as well as graduate degrees from Cambridge University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar.īarnes wrote her first novel, called Golden, at nineteen years old. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2006 and with a Ph.D in 2012.

She then attended Yale University, where she studied cognitive science. Barnes, who usually goes by Jen, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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