Column: How two events 50 years ago today helped define the 1960s (via @latimesopinion) https://t.co/JvO188eDBj
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Monday, March 29, 2021
How two events 50 years ago today helped define the 1960s
On this day 50 years ago, U.S. Army Lt. William Calley was found guilty of committing 22 premeditated murders during a massacre by U.S. forces in the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. A platoon leader who had led his soldiers into the undefended village, Calley stood ramrod stiff as he listened to the jury’s verdict in his court martial. Face flushed, he offered a crooked salute after the verdict was read.
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