Lt #WilliamCalley, instigator of the #MyLaiMassacre, was convicted on #ThisDayInHistory in 1971 for the premeditated murder of civilians. Calley expressed no remorse for the 504 deaths. Nixon reduced his sentence to three years house arrest due to bipartisan calls for his pardon.
#OTD #TDIH #March16, 1968: #MyLaiMassacre committed by #USArmy soldiers from #20thInfantryRegiment. #PinkvilleMassacre #SongMyMassacre #WilliamCalley #Vietnam #VietnamWar #SecondIndochinaWar #WarCrimes #WarAtrocities #Atrocities #WarSky
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“Kill everybody” #PeteHegseth denies ordering the execution of the Venezuelan ship survivors. In his book,The War of Warriors, he tells how he told troops under his command in Iraq to ignore rules of engagement from the #JudgeAdvocateGeneral.
We got a modern-day Lt #WilliamCalley.
#WarCrimes
La banalità del male
#WilliamCalley, al comando
della #Einsatzgruppenn responsabile dell'eccidio di #MỹLai #Vietnam ,avvenuto in marzo del 1968e reso pubblico dal giornalista indipendente, #SeymourHersh, il
#12novembre1969
Quanta similitudine con le
Einsatzgruppenn dell' #ICE che infestano l'America
#OTD Charlie Company had departed for #Vietnam on December 1, 1967 under Capt #ErnestMedina who often ridiculed Lt #WilliamCalley #TetOffensive #GeorgeCox Then #March16, 1968 happened. #VietnamWar #MyLaiMassacre #HughThompson #RonRidenhour woodstockwhisperer.info/2016/03/16/v...
#OTD #TDIH #March16, 1968: #MyLaiMassacre committed by #USArmy soldiers from #20thInfantryRegiment.
#PinkvilleMassacre #SongMyMassacre #WilliamCalley #Vietnam #VietnamWar #SecondIndochinaWar #WarCrimes #WarAtrocities #Atrocities
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William Calley Dead At 80 Before Trump Could Appoint Him Head Of Army
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#USPol #Vietnam #WilliamCalley #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpMustLose2024
remembering My Lai: nearly 500 unarmed civilians were killed, tortured & raped by US troops...
US Lt. #WilliamCalley was found guilty of murder #OnThisDay in the #MyLaiMassacre during #VietnamWar, only spending 3 years under house arrest for the mass murder & would've killed many more had #HughThompson not risked his life to save innocent civilians...
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