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Jan 23, 2006
"Don't do the right thing looking for a reward, because it might not come." --Hugh Thompson
Do The Right Thing
During a reconnaissance mission on March 16, 1968, Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson came upon U.S. ground troops killing Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai. Landing in the line of fire between the American troops and civilians, Thompson ordered his crew to point their guns at the U.S. soldiers to prevent more killings and so he could coax civilians out of a bunker to evacuate them. It took 30 years, during which he was nearly court-martialed, was shunned by fellow pilots, received death threats, and was branded a traitor, for the military to honor Thompson for his extraordinary heroism.
BE THE CHANGE
Risk doing the right thing.
