Vietnam has added 120 newly-found items to a memorial site, located in the central region, which is dedicated to victims of the My Lai Massacre in which U.S. soldiers killed more than 500 Vietnamese civilians 46 years ago.

The items consist of weapons used by U.S. forces during their massacre and the victims’ personal belongings, according to Pham Thanh Cong, director of Son My Memorial in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Son Tinh District.  

They were recently found in the areas where the massacre took place in 1968.

More than 1,200 items are now stored at Son My Memorial, including almost 350 objects on display for Vietnamese and foreign visitors to see.

Nearly 70,000 people, ten percent of whom are international tourists, have visited the site in the year to date, Cong told Tuoi Tre.

Today (March 16) marks the 46th anniversary of the My Lai Massacre (March 16, 1968 – March 16, 2014) in which U.S. troops slaughtered 504 unarmed villagers in My Lai hamlet in Son Tinh District’s Son My village.

Among the victims were 182 women, including 17 pregnant ones, 173 children, 60 elders, and 89 middle-aged people.

The massacre shocked the world and generated anti-Vietnam War protests and movements across the globe.

Currently, the killing is referred to as the My Lai Massacre in the U.S. and called the Son My Massacre in Vietnam.