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Just before they were shot
Ba So, 54 years old
Mrs. So fought the soldiers with “fanatical fury” when the soldiers pulled Ms. Can from the group and started to sexually assault her and Mrs. So’s daughter Moi. One soldier smacked her with a rifle butt, another kicked her in the rear as they shoved her back in the group.
1 of 6Do Thi Nhut, 7 years old
Nhut was pulled into the fight with the soldiers, and is sheltering behind Ms. Moi. Next to her is an older woman, Ba Phu.
2 of 6Do Thi Be, 7 years old
Be is sheltering behind Ms. Can and holding Do Hat’s right leg.
3 of 6Do Thi Can, 23 years old
Ms. Can is buttoning up after the soldiers pulled her from the group, grabbed her breasts and tried to tear off her blouse. She has picked up Do Hat.
4 of 6Do Hat, 6 years old
Hat has just been picked by Ms. Can after witnessing the soldiers’ assault. In the confusion his mother Le Thi Huynh has escaped with a guest Do Hoi.
5 of 6Ba Moi, Teenager
Moi is holding her mother So. Her arms are wrapped around her.
6 of 6AND THEN ONE SOLDIER SAID…
“WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THEM?”
THE RESPONSE FROM ANOTHER SOLDIER WAS
“WASTE THEM.”
A BURST OF FIRE FROM MANY SOLDIERS
— THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FELL.
SIX YEAR OLD HAT SURVIVED AND STARTED TO CRAWL AWAY.
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS SHOT HIM, TOO.
In the afternoon, the surviving villagers began to bury the dead where they had fallen.
took the picture and witnessed the killing.
– As related by US Army photographer David Haeberle who took the picture and witnessed the killing.