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Old 08-22-2009, 12:39   #53
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Ex-Vietnam lieutenant apologizes for massacre

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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
".... - such as 2LT William Calley - who personally murdered 22 unarmed non-combatants and was the OIC of a platoon responsible for the deaths of over 500 unarmed non-combatants -....."

"Ex-Vietnam lieutenant apologizes for massacre"

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"COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- Speaking in a soft, sometimes labored voice, the only U.S. Army officer convicted in the 1968 slayings of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai made an extraordinary public apology while speaking to a small group near the military base where he was court-martialed.

"There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai," William L. Calley told members of a local Kiwanis Club, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported Friday. "I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry."....."
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