re: #172 lostlakehiker

Murder.

But to be accurate, no rape and no pillage.

Reading comprehension starts with reading:

Many of the victims were sexually abused, beaten, tortured, and some of the bodies were found mutilated.

Soldiers went berserk, gunning down unarmed men, women, children and babies. Families which huddled together for safety in huts or bunkers were shown no mercy. Those who emerged with hands held high were murdered. … Elsewhere in the village, other atrocities were in progress. Women were gang raped; Vietnamese who had bowed to greet the Americans were beaten with fists and tortured, clubbed with rifle butts and stabbed with bayonets. Some victims were mutilated with the signature “C Company” carved into the chest. By late morning word had got back to higher authorities and a cease-fire was ordered. My Lai was in a state of carnage. Bodies were strewn through the village.
—BBC News

Gary Roschevitz — grabbed an M16 rifle from Varnado Simpson to kill 5 Vietnamese prisoners[52], later according to various witnesses he forced seven women to undress with the intention of them performing sex with him, when the women refused he reportedly shot them.