My Lai massacre hero dies at 62

"Hugh Thompson Jnr, a former US military helicopter pilot who helped stop one of the most infamous massacres of the Vietnam War has died, aged 62."

"He put his helicopter down between the soldiers and villagers, ordering his men to shoot their fellow Americans if they attacked the civilians."

Now, notice the military and at least one conservatives reaction to this guy.

"But Mr Thompson was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over My Lai."

Isolated? Thompson was. My Lai is a common occurrence in war. Took a hero to bring this out.

Calley got three years house arrest for the slaughter. Another conservative commuted his sentence.