Why visit Mỹ Lại
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat and 2 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Sơn Mỹ Memorial and Sơn Mỹ Memorial.
Weather in Mỹ Lại
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About Mỹ Lại
The My Lai Massacre ( MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [t̺ʰâm ʂǎt mǐˀ lāj] ) was a U.S. Army war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of between 347 and 504 civilians, almost all women, children and elderly men, in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Some of the female victims, including children as young as 12, were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. The incident is the largest massacre by U.S. soldiers in the 20th century.
From the Wikipedia article My Lai massacre (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks4
Sơn Mỹ Memorial
Monument and historic site · 0.9 km
Memorial to victims of the My Lai Massacre in Son My, Vietnam
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Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes1
Where to stay2
Map of Mỹ Lại
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Getting there and nearby towns
Chu Lai Airport (VCL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 31 km away.
- Mỹ Khê 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- Quảng Ngãi 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- An Bá 23 km south, about 23 min by car
- Lý Sơn 32 km northeast, about 32 min by car
- Núi Thành 37 km northwest, about 37 min by car
- Đức Phổ 42 km south, about 42 min by car
- Tam Kỳ 62 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- An Hà 62 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Trà My 74 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Đông Phú 90 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- My Lai Memorial Site - Vietnam - 12 Victims, Adam Jones Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monument of the My Lai Massacre (2), -JvL- from Netherlands, CC BY 2.0
- My Lai massacre, Ronald L. Haeberle, Public domain
- My Lai massacre woman and children, Ronald L. Haeberle, Public domain
- Display at the My Lai Memorial - panoramio, Gonzo Gooner, CC BY 3.0
- My Lai Massacre 504 Victims, OlBoes, CC BY-SA 4.0
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