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Article: First apology given by My Lai officer.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2009
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Byline: The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- 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 Calley told members of a 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."
Calley, 66, was a young Army lieutenant when a ...