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The Charlie Company's Actions: Mass Murder

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The Charlie Company 's actions was not a basic war effort just mass murder. The Vietnamese villagers were killed brutally with unjust force and didn’t follow rules put into place about dealing with situations with Vietnamese. Many who lived in the villages were unarmed and even the ones who were shot by military personnel didn’t fight back. According to Document 1, the majority of 300 or 400 people were fired at rapidly by the military . Butch described an innocent child who was shot in the arm and still remained terrified . Furthermore, Some soldiers injured themselves to avoid slaughtering others. Soldiers strongly believed it was overpowering to use rapid fire on innocent villagers. Shooting rapidly at children who aren’t even aware of the

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