Name the massacre in 1968 where up to 500 unarmed Vietnamese were killed by US soldiers in My Lai, also known as Pinkville.

• A. Tienanmen Square Incident
• B. Kent State Shootings
• C. Nanking Massacre
• D. My Lai Massacre (aka Pinkville Massacre)

Answer: (D)

This question tests your knowledge of a notorious wartime atrocity from the Vietnam War. In 1968, in the village of My Lai, a unit of U.S. Army soldiers killed a large number of unarmed Vietnamese civilians. This event is known as the My Lai Massacre, and it’s also referred to as Pinkville because of the military police designation of that area at the time. The name reflects the civilian massacre by U.S. forces, not a battlefield clash with enemy soldiers.

The other events listed are from different times and places and involve different circumstances: the Tienanmen Square incident occurred in 1989 in China; the Kent State shootings happened in 1970 on an American campus during protests; the Nanking Massacre occurred in 1937-38 in China at the hands of Japanese troops. The description given—mass killing of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in 1968—fits My Lai best.