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Calley Apologizes for My Lai Massacre

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 22, 2009 6:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – Forty years after the infamous My Lai massacre came to light, the former Army officer who led the raid has for the first time spoken publicly about his actions. William Calley, who ordered his soldiers to gun down hundreds of civilians in the Vietnamese village... Read full story »

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