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Vietnam: Back to My Lai | 60 Minutes Archive

2025-04-30 News & Politics
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In 2004, Mike Wallace interviewed Larry Colburn and Hugh Thompson, members of an American helicopter crew who were credited with saving Vietnamese civilians during the 1968 My Lai massacre, which killed more than 500 unarmed civilians. In 1998, 60 Minutes first returned to Vietnam with Colburn and Thompson, where they met some of the people they rescued in My Lai. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook:https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@jadechanboon 2026-03-27

This man deserves the medal of honor

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@duyphan4617 2026-01-01

We Vietnamese still remember him. 🇻🇳🇺🇲

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@arttoegemann 2025-05-01

Thank you for your service Hugh. You did the right thing and deserve the honor and recognition.

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@kailakevin 2025-05-01

A true American hero. Amazing man.

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@timkbt 2025-04-30

MacArthur said “It is the duty of every soldier whether he be friend or foe to protect the weak and the innocent.”

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@mothalutherking6240 2026-01-11

Imagine being bullied for doing the right thing. Kuddos to him for being a man of moral and standing up for what’s right.

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@user-vj9qz3br6l 2025-12-13

The deepest pits of hell are not enough for the monsters that killed those people

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@roadscholar05 2026-03-04

I saw Hugh twice in the Officer's Club at Fort Rucker, AL in the Spring of 1972. He was sitting at a table all alone and not one came near him. Some whispered, "Mt Lai, My Lai". I had no idea what My Lai was but I knew it was bad and he had something to do with it, so he too had to bad. I never saw him again and have always wish I could apologize to him. I am 75 now and I will never forget. Maybe he is on a cloud above and I can meet him then. CW4, Thomas H. Nadeau, Vietnam War Huey pilot.

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@domtam6571 2026-04-01

A True soldier that never loss his morality.

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@frederickcato5040 2025-05-06

As a Vietnam veteran, I would say, be a soldier and not a murderer. Thanks for your courage.❤

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