Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. was born on April 15, 1943, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, to Wessie and Hugh Clowers Thompson.His ancestry can be traced back to the Mississippian culture era in North America, the British Isles, and the Province of Georgia. His paternal grandmother was full Cherokee Native American and his ancestors were victims of the ethnic cleansing policies and actions that resulted from the Indian Removal Act, most notably the Trail of Tears.
Alan: If any reader has "Hollywood connections," please do what you can to plant the seed that Major Hugh Thompson's story deserves dramatization as a feature-length movie.
Alan: If any reader has "Hollywood connections," please do what you can to plant the seed that Major Hugh Thompson's story deserves dramatization as a feature-length movie.
I will add that such a movie -- along with an alternative American history text such as Howard Zinn's "A People's History Of The United States" -- be obligatory components of every American History curriculum taught in American high schools and that such courses be pre-requisites for graduation.
The "Official Story" is -- often as not -- aggressively hostile to Truth and would wisely be replaced with curricula based on responsible scholarship representing the full spectrum of intellectually rigorous views.
The "Official Story" is -- often as not -- aggressively hostile to Truth and would wisely be replaced with curricula based on responsible scholarship representing the full spectrum of intellectually rigorous views.
Major Hugh Thompson Jr., The Hero Who Told Lt. Calley And Captain William Medina That His Chopper Crew Would Kill Them And His Men If They Did Not Stop Slaughtering The Old Men, Women, Children And Infants Of My Lai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson_Jr.
Alan: In the 8th episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary movie, "The Vietnam War" (currently streaming on Netflix), a thorough account of the My Lai Massacre (and its aftermath) begins at the 106:40 mark. In addition to ubiquitous American officials who not only participated in the cover-up ofMy Lai but slagged Thompson as a low-life and traitor, President Nixon offered this appraisal: "It's those dirty rotten Jews from New York who are behind it!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vietnam_War_(TV_series)
Alan: In the 8th episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary movie, "The Vietnam War" (currently streaming on Netflix), a thorough account of the My Lai Massacre (and its aftermath) begins at the 106:40 mark. In addition to ubiquitous American officials who not only participated in the cover-up ofMy Lai but slagged Thompson as a low-life and traitor, President Nixon offered this appraisal: "It's those dirty rotten Jews from New York who are behind it!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vietnam_War_(TV_series)
50 Year Anniversary Of The My Lai Massacre
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/50-years-after-my-lai-massacre.htmlMy Lai Massacre
Wikipedia
NPR: Ken Burns And Lynn Novick Discuss "The Vietnam War"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/npr-ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-discuss.htmlRobert McNamara Begins To Doubt His Strategy Of "Body Count" Belligerence In Vietnam
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/robert-mcnamara-begins-to-doubt-his.htmlSnopes: "Did Christopher Columbus Seize, Sell, and Export Sex Slaves?"
(With a "tip of the hat" to George Washington)
"Why We Fight," Excellent Documentary With Ike's "Military-Industrial Complex" As Springboard
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-we-fight-excellent-documentary-with.html
Why We Love Violence And Pump It Even Though It Rarely Works And Is Typically Counterproductive
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Do Wars Really Defend America's Freedom?"
(Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
(Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Scare The Sheep
And They Will Applaud Military-Industrial Profiteering
Scare The Sheep
And They Will Applaud Military-Industrial Profiteering
American "Patriotism": Why So Many Americans Are Fundamentally Violent And Paranoid
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/american-patriotism-why-so-many.htmlRepublican Lawmaker From Nevada Sends Christmas Card Featuring Fully Armed Family
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/republican-lawmaker-from-nevada-sends.htmlThe Age-Old Normalization Of Warfare Through Stupidity, Ego And Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-age-old-normalization-of-warfare.htmlThe Mistaken Concept That Reducing Cultures To Rubble Results In Peace
Punishment Rarely Reforms But Instead Tends To Reinforce Wrongdoing
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/punishment-rarely-reforms-but-instead.htmlBest Pax Posts On Punishment And Torture As "Necessary" Methods For Righting Wrongs
Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others
America's Passion For Punishment And Torture
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Christians And "Christians" Choose Mercy, Love & Forgiveness, Or Retribution & Punishment
Bad Things Happen: Punishment, Mercy And The Demise Of The Republican Party
Bad Things Happen: Punishment, Mercy And The Demise Of The Republican Party
"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"
"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"
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