US war veteran Billy Kelly has donated 50 million VND (roughly 2,650USD) to upgrade a mass tomb of victims killed during the massacre in SonMy, the central province of Quang Ngai in March 1968.
The seriously-degraded tomb in Khe Thuan commune, Tinh Khehamlet, Son Tinh district where 75 innocent civilians were buried, wasrecently upgraded thanks to the donation, with steles engraved withbrief individual biographies erected in memory of the victims. A roadfrom Tinh Khe hamlet to the mass tomb was built to make it convenientfor visitors.
The management board of the Son Mymassacre site has installed a stele engraved with a line “An Americanfor Peace” in both English and Vietnamese and a white dove beside themass tomb, as wished by Billy Kelly, who visits the site and lays 500roses at the monument dedicated to the victims on their deathanniversary every year.
The Son My Site of USMassacre Relics has become popular among tourists, both domestic andinternational. In the first half of the year, the site welcomed 70,000tribute paying visitors, including almost 20,000 foreigners.
On March 16, 1968, US troops killed up to 504 innocentcivilians, most of them women, children and the elderly, includingbabies, at this site./.
The seriously-degraded tomb in Khe Thuan commune, Tinh Khehamlet, Son Tinh district where 75 innocent civilians were buried, wasrecently upgraded thanks to the donation, with steles engraved withbrief individual biographies erected in memory of the victims. A roadfrom Tinh Khe hamlet to the mass tomb was built to make it convenientfor visitors.
The management board of the Son Mymassacre site has installed a stele engraved with a line “An Americanfor Peace” in both English and Vietnamese and a white dove beside themass tomb, as wished by Billy Kelly, who visits the site and lays 500roses at the monument dedicated to the victims on their deathanniversary every year.
The Son My Site of USMassacre Relics has become popular among tourists, both domestic andinternational. In the first half of the year, the site welcomed 70,000tribute paying visitors, including almost 20,000 foreigners.
On March 16, 1968, US troops killed up to 504 innocentcivilians, most of them women, children and the elderly, includingbabies, at this site./.
