Ernest Medina

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Ernest Medina

United States Army officer

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F. Lee Bailey
Ernest L. Medina in the latter’s court martial for his alleged involvement in the mass murder of hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese villagers by U.S. soldiers in the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War. In 1976 Bailey, serving as defense attorney in the…
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Ernest L. Medina in the latter’s court martial for his alleged involvement in the mass murder of hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese villagers by U.S. soldiers in the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War. In 1976 Bailey, serving as defense attorney in the…
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My Lai Massacre
Charlie Company
Ernest Medina, told his men that they would finally be given the opportunity to fight the enemy that had eluded them for over a month. Believing that civilians had already left the area for Quang Ngai city, he directed that anyone found in My Lai…
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Ernest Medina, told his men that they would finally be given the opportunity to fight the enemy that had eluded them for over a month. Believing that civilians had already left the area for Quang Ngai city, he directed that anyone found in My Lai…
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