William L. Calley was court-martial at nearby Fort Benning. He was convicted of killing 22 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre. Calley was sentenced to life but he only served three year under house arrest because President Nixon reduced his sentence. In an interviews, Calley said that he was just following order from his superior Capt. Earnest Medina. Medina was also court-martial and he was free from all the charges that were on him. Speaking with local Kiwanis Club, William L. Calley told them….. [6]
"There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai," William L. Calley told members of a local 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."[6]
"There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai," William L. Calley told members of a local 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."[6]