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Hugh Thompson Jr. Quotes

1943–2006 United States

Hugh C. Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a US Army helicopter pilot who rescued Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war and campaigned to bring those responsible to justice.

United States
Aviators

Also known as: Hugh Thompson, Jr.

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I'm going to go over and get them out of the bunker myself. If the squad opens up on them, shoot 'em.

Don't do the right thing looking for a reward, because it might not come.

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Something terrible happened here 30 years ago today. I cannot explain why it happened. I just wish our crew that day could have helped more people than we did.

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I'd received death threats over the phone. Dead animals on your porch, mutilated animals on your porch some mornings when you get up. So I was not a 'good guy'.

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They said I was screaming quite loud. I threatened never to fly again. I didn't want to be a part of that. It wasn't war.

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These people were looking at me for help and there was no way I could turn my back on them

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hugh Thompson Jr. (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.