Upon his return to base later that morning, Thompson reported that he had observed the widespread killing of civilians in My Lai. Over subsequent days, while Charlie Company continued its unsuccessful search for the 48th Viet Cong Battalion, a cursory investigation was made of Thompson’s allegations. In spite of reports from Vietnamese officials that hundreds of civilians had been killed in My Lai and that Son My village had been almost entirely razed, the official after-action report characterized the My Lai operation as a resounding success. On April 24, 1968, Col. Oran Henderson, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, concluded ...(100 of 1625 words)