This week someone posted a link to the Who Was Hugh Thompson? article on a popular website called Reddit. It's gotten so many hits today that the San Diego VFP server crashed multiple times! So far that article has gotten well over 10,000 hits in a matter of hours. At times the SDVFP website was inaccessible right now as the server just can't keep up with that much traffic, but VFP member Patrick Gokey got the site up and running to deal with the increased traffic!
If you haven't read the tribute to Hugh Thompson's life written by VFP member Jack Doxey in 2015, make sure to check it out!
Hugh C. Thompson, Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is chiefly known for his role in stopping the My Lai Massacre, during which he was flying a reconnaissance mission. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson joined the US Navy in 1961 — then US Army in 1966 and trained as a helicopter pilot. He volunteered for the Aerial Scout Unit and assigned to Task Force Barker to fly over Vietnamese forests and try to draw enemy fire, to pinpoint the location of troops.
Check out the Reddit thread if you're interested in reading the comments!