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November 16th, 1969 - Lieutenant William Calley Jr.


November 16th, 1969 - Lieutenant William Calley Jr. faces the longest [-----1-----] in U.S. Army history when South Vietnamese villagers claim that Calley's platoon [-----2-----] 567 unarmed peasants in the village of My Lai. Calley served 3 years before a Federal judge in Columbus, Georgia ruled his court martial conviction unconstitutional.Thus, Calley was freed after the Army had first [-----3-----], then 20, then 10 years of [-----4-----]. Twenty-four others, including Calley's commander, Captain Ernest Medina [-----5-----] the My Lai slayings and their cover-up, but only Calley was convicted. As a civilian, Calley later managed a jewelry store in Columbus.
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