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I'm old enough to remember "Pinkville" and know all governments lie regularly:Normally I just laugh off conspiracy theories and milk them for their entertainment value. But....after watching the Obama administration try to blame Benghazi on a you-tube video after knowing what they knew at the time, anything is possible with these people.
"Lieutenant Accused of Murdering 109 Civilians
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 13, 1969
FORT BENNING, Ga., Nov 13-LL William L Calley Jr., 26 years old, is a mild-mannered, boyish-looking Vietnam combat veteran with the nickname 'Rusty:' The Army is completing an investigation of charges that he deliberately murdered at least 109 Vietnamese civilians in a search-and- destroy mission in March 1968 in a Viet Gong stronghold known as Pinkville.'
Seymour Hersh was widely criticized for writing about My Lai in 1969, and the government spared to effort to cover up the truth. Some things never change.
The My Lai Massacre: Seymour Hersh's Complete and Unabridged Reporting for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 1969 /Candide's Notebooks