By Robert Mackey August 24, 2009 2:21 pm August 24, 2009 2:21 pm Joe Holloway, Jr., via Associated Press Lt. William Calley, during his court-martial at Ft. Benning, Ga., in April, 1971. Last week, William Calley, the only American soldier to be held legally responsible for the massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in and around the village of My Lai in 1968 by a platoon under his command,
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