While multiple officers were charged in connection with the massacre, Calley was the only one convicted.
“Calley and his men rounded up these civilians and then Calley ordered his men to kill them.”The massacre lasted for hours.
A ditch in My Lai village, Vietnam, where US troops killed Vietnamese civilians on March 16, 1968.
Kham/ReutersThe fragile lineThousands of miles away and 30 years later, those who lost loved ones in the My Lai massacre would tell CNN they were never truly able to move on.
“There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai,” Calley said, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
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