Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1989 - 1992]. (Creation)
- 1990 (Creation)
- 1968 - 1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
US Army Inspector General's inquiry into My Lai massacre (see separate file of statements taken by Col William V Wilson)'. File of material relating to the career of Col William V Wilson, who conducted the initial US Army Inspector General's inquiry into the verity of allegations of a massacre at My Lai, 16 Mar 1968, during Apr 1969, and his role in the Peers Inquiry, investigating a possible US Army cover-up of the massacre, 1969-1970. Includes correspondence between Wilson and Michael Bilton, 1990; photocopy of article 'I had prayed to God that this thing was fiction', William Wilson, American Heritage, Feb 1990, describing his initial investigation; photocopies of US Army reports of the operation at My Lai, and Department of the Army documents relating to the investigation, 1969; copy of transcripts of Col Oran K Henderson's testimony to Wilson, 26 May 1969, and related researcher's typescript notes [1989-1992].