march sixteenth one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the soldiers of charlie company eleventh brigade america the vision and to the village of me life twenty four hours later over five hundred villagers men women and children lay dead brutally in watching the murdered in cold blood around the world to me live massacre would become the touchstone in fact of the vietnam war. for over a year the american military covered up the me live massacre claiming only enemy soldiers were killed and when the truth was finally brought to light by journalists the highest ranking officer blamed and prosecuted was william calley a lieutenant. in a cramped detroit hotel a new organization vietnam veterans against the war health an unprecedented investigation that exposed a much deeper truth i think the winter soldier investigation was to try to point out it wasn't really into france of cali but it was going after the notion that the policies of the u.s. military created things like me lie ok but it was a policy it was both a written and an unwritten policy and the truth has to be told you can't talk away from t