Original sentence: " And he walked away Lawrence Colburn, ), and covered the villagers with his own body.Several sources believe he would have been prepared to open fire on the US troopers if they did not let the helicopters proceed with the evacuation (Quote: He walked back to the aircraft.Thompson confronted the leaders of the troops.Warrant Officer Thompson was trying to provide support for both US troops and to villagers, with the idea that US troops were here to protect the civilians.When he understood that US troopers were methodically killing the civilian population of the village of Son My, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson landed his helicopters and evacuated survivors of the massacre.Witnessing several murders of civilians, the crew seems to have realised what their own troops were doing
Edited sentence: " And he walked away  Lawrence Colburn, ), and covered the villagers with his own body.Several sources believe Warrant Officer Thompson would have been prepared to open fire on the US troopers if they did not let the helicopters proceed with the evacuation (Quote : He walked back to the aircraft.Warrant Officer Thompson was trying to provide support for both US troops and to villagers, with the "naive" idea that US troops were here to protect the civilians.When he understood that US troopers were committing blatant war crimes, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson landed his helicopters and evacuated survivors of the massacre.Witnessing several gratuitous murders of helpless civilians, the crew seems to have slowly come to be forced to realise what their own troops were doing