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My Lai massacre
- A mass killing of helpless inhabitants of a village in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War , carried out in 1968 by United States troops under the command of Lieutenant William Calley. Calley was court-martialed and sentenced to life imprisonment, but he only served a few years before parole. The massacre, horrible in itself, became a symbol (see also symbol ) for those opposed to the war in Vietnam.
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Three-and-a-half months later, 24-year-old “Rusty†Calley was at the center of the My Lai massacre, one of the darkest chapters in U.S. military history.
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William Calley for the My Lai massacre underscored roiling tensions in America.
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He rarely spoke about his role in the My Lai massacre and had refused to sit down with historians and reporters.
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A former US officer who was the only person to be convicted in connection with the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War has died, according to reports.
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The My Lai massacre is known as one of the worst war crimes in American military history.
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