My Lai is a controversial event in history because there are many different views of what happened. The mission started when captain Ernest Medina instructed Lieutenant William Calley to destroy the village of My Lai. Medina told the 11th Brigade, Charlie Company, that any genuine villagers would have left their homes to go to market. Therefore, Medina and Calley instructed the brigade to kill all of the remaining villagers including the elderly, women, and children. …
