Ernest Medina, key figure in My Lai massacre, dies at 81

Captain Ernest Medina, key figure in My Lai massacre, dies at 81

One of the Most Criminal Butcher of Vietnam Era killing more than 580 Vietnam's civilians of an entire village including children, babies, women and elderly in four hours.

http://www.historynet.com/something-dark-and-bloody-what-happened-at-my-lai.htm

What they really saw him on, back in September 1971, was the evening news. Medina, then a U.S. Army captain, was tried and found not guilty of murder, manslaughter and assault charges stemming from the 1968 massacre of 175 Vietnamese at Mylai. Lt. William Calley, Medina’s subordinate, who was found guilty, testified that he had acted under his commander’s orders, a charge that Medina denied.

Their commander, Captain Ernest Medina, a 30-year-old Mexican American, had grown up in poverty before joining the service and working his way up the ranks. Nicknamed “Mad Dog,” Medina commanded the respect of his men as a tough but fair leader. He wanted his unit to be the best, and called his troops “the Death Dealers.”

http://www.historynet.com/something-dark-and-bloody-what-happened-at-my-lai.htm