Hugh Thompson, Jr.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hugh C. Thompson, Jr. (April 15, 1943 January 6, 2006) was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is chiefly known for his role in curtailing the My Lai Massacre, in which several hundred unarmed civilians were killed by soldiers of the U.S. Army. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson grew up in rural Stone Mountain, Georgia to strict parents. After dropping out of Troy State University, he volunteered for the US Navy in 1961 and served with a Seabee construction unit from 1961 to 1964. After his enlistment was up he returned h...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hugh C. Thompson, Jr. (April 15, 1943 January 6, 2006) was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is chiefly known for his role in curtailing the My Lai Massacre, in which several hundred unarmed civilians were killed by soldiers of the U.S. Army. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson grew up in rural Stone Mountain, Georgia to strict parents. After dropping out of Troy State University, he volunteered for the US Navy in 1961 and served with a Seabee construction unit from 1961 to 1964. After his enlistment was up he returned home to Georgia and ran a funeral home. Having always wanted to fly, he joined the US Army in 1966 and trained to become a helicopter pilot at Fort Wolters and Rucker. He arrived in Vietnam in late December 1967, and joined the 161st Assault Helicopter Company, which was reorganized into the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Americal Division in January 1968.
