Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre

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Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre[1]
Phong Nhi massacre 8.jpg
U.S Marines recovered victim's bodies who were killed by Republic of Korea Marines in Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat village on February 12, 1968.[2]
Location Phong Nhi village, Điện Bàn District of Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam
Date 12 February 1968
Target Phong Nhi villagers
Attack type
 Massacre
Deaths 69 - 79[3]
Perpetrators ROK Marines
A dying 21-year-old woman with her breasts cut out and left shot by ROK marines.[4] US Marines transported her to the hospital, but she died soon.[4] Photo by Corporal J. Vaughn, Delta-2 Platoon, U.S. Marine.[4][5]

The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre [1](Korean: 퐁니·퐁넛 양민학살 사건, Vietnamese: Thảm sát Phong Nhất và Phong Nhị) was a massacre conducted by the 2nd Marine Brigade of the South Korean Marines on 12 February 1968 of unarmed citizens in Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất village, Điện Bàn District of Quảng Nam Province in South Vietnam.[6][7]

Aftermath

After the massacre, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese Army soldiers reached the village later that day; they treated and transported the surviving villagers to nearby hospitals.[4][5] When the massacre occurred, the Phong Nhi villagers had a close relationship with the U.S. Marines and the village men volunteered as South Vietnam Army soldiers.[8] On February 25, the next massacre occurred in Hà Mỹ village. In 1969, one of the victims' families made a petition to the President of South Vietnam Parliament for compensation.[9]

Report and confession

On 11 November 2000, former ROK Vietnam Expeditionary Forces Commanding Officer Lieutenant general Chae Myung-shin (ko) conceded that Chief of Staff of the United States Army General William Westmoreland demanded the investigation several times.[10] Then South Korea replied that the massacre was a plot of the Viet Cong who wore the ROK Marine uniforms.[10]

See also

References

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Further reading

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External links

Gallery

  • Surviving girl was treated by U.S marines. Photo by Corporal J. Vaughn, Delta-2 Platoon, U.S. Marine

  • Phong Nhi massacre 4.jpg

    Executed young women's bodies; the pregnant woman's forehead was blown off. Photo by Corporal J. Vaughn, Delta-2 Platoon, U.S. Marine

  • Burnt victim's body. Photo by Corporal J. Vaughn, Delta-2 Platoon, U.S. Marine

  • Body of an abandoned child. Photo by Corporal J. Vaughn, Delta-2 Platoon, U.S. Marine

  • Colonel Robert Morehead Cook, United States Army inspector general reported the massacre on 10 January 1970.

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