hugh thompson, march16th, 1968, 36 years have gone past. how clear in your mind are the memories of that day? certain things too clear. other things not clear. what is clear? when you shut your eyes, what do you see? a lot of pain and suffering by a lot of people. i remember the first girl getting killed after i asked help for her. how was she killed? medina walked up and blew her away. this is one of the commanding officers on the ground? commanding officer. he shot her at point—blank range? yes, sir. you saw it in front of your eyes? yes, sir, we asked for help for her. and we were just kind of in shock because, by that time, we had already questioned what was going on, or what we had seen happen or seen the aftermath of what had actually happened. but when you landed your helicopter, it started all over again and was still going on? mm—hm. on two different occasions. and then we asked for help and i got a girl killed. and then we asked for help again and we got a bunch of people killed. so it was kind of obvious that asking wasn't ge

hugh thompson, are very warm welcome to the programme. when you hear allegations of brutality by us troops in iraq, delhi to respect the geneva conventions, what goes through your —— max bailey. conventions, what goes through your -- max bailey. dad -- failure. -- bad leadership. how could something happen ladies in the prison that seems to have happened —— happened in prison. it shouldn't have happened. in 1991, commanders were told that when they went to desert storm, no my lai... that told that when they went to desert storm, no my lai. .. that made me feel good echoes i thought we had learnt something. —— because. to get slapped in the face with this, it is horrendous. you think there will be a full investigation? you have been pa rt a full investigation? you have been part of investigations in the past. allah think there will be a full investigation. --i think they're well. what i knew wasn't made public till afterwards. this didn't take that long. so it's out there. technology is better and i think this could be an inves