Special Counsel for the U.S. Army Joseph N. Welch confronts
Sen. Joseph McCarthy

In a dramatic confrontation, Joseph Welch (above), special 
counsel for the U.S. Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph
McCarthy (below) during hearings on whether communism
has infiltrated the U.S. armed forces.

Welch’s verbal assault marked the end of McCarthy’s power 
during the anticommunist hysteria of the Red Scare in the
U.S.