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TIL about Hugh Thompson Jr., a U.S. Army officer who ended the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. He landed his helicopter between fleeing Vietnamese civilians and pursuing American troops, telling his gunner to open fire on the soldiers if they attacked.

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