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Calley, William L, Jr

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Calley, William L(aws), Jr (1943– )

US soldier. In 1968, he led a platoon into the hamlet of My Lai, South Vietnam, and supervised his men as they massacred some 500 elderly men, women, and children. In 1971 he was convicted of the murder of 22 Vietnamese and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was released by President Richard Nixon in 1974.

He was born in Miami, Florida. A college dropout, he worked at various odd jobs before enlisting in 1966. Commissioned a lieutenant through Officers Training School, he was posted to South Vietnam. After his release from prison in 1974, Calley became an insurance agent.



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