Key Information
Reference code
MY LAI 2/1
Title
Transcript of interview with rifleman Michael Berhardt, 1988
Date(s)
- 1988 Sep 25 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Transcripts of filmed interview with Michael Berhardt, rifleman, C Company 1st Bn, 20th Inf, US Army, describing his activities of the operation at My Lai, 16 Mar 1969, including the briefing the previous day; seeing the bodies of the Vietnamese civilians who had been killed; orders not to talk about what he had seen; response to encouragement from Ronald Ridenhour (the soldier whose letter to US Congress members resulted in the full investigation of the My Lai massacre) to report the incident; and his attitude to the Army cover up of the massacre. 42pp