My Lai Massacre

My Lai Massacre

This massacre happened during the Vietnam War on the 16th of March, 1968. American soldiers brutally killed the majority of population of the southern Vietnamese. They started off firing at villagers. They were mostly innocent people. 500 people including women, children and elderly were killed in the massacre.  Many were sexually assaulted, tortured or manipulated. 

They were looking for Vietnam soldiers and since they didn't find them, they killed hundreds of innocent Vietnamese. People who were present at the event said that they didn't see anyone who appeared to be the age of a soldier. The innocent people didn't resist to the U.S. troops. It took three days to bury all the dead bodies. Later the U.S. board charged 14 officers of crime related to this event and only one officer was convicted.

Questions:
1) When did this happen?
2) How many officers did they charge?
3) How many innocent people did they kill?