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Ex-Soldier Convicted in My Lai Massacre Issues Public Apology

HeadlineAug 24, 2009

The only US soldier convicted for the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War has publicly apologized for the first time. Speaking last week at a gathering in Georgia, William Calley said, “There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai.” He added that he had been following orders. More than 500 villagers were murdered, most of them women, children and the elderly, at My Lai. We’ll have more on this story later in the broadcast.

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