Mai Lai: Of the fourteen officers charged with the cover-up, and 26 others with direct involvement, the only Officer convicted was one Lt. William Calley who led ONE platoon of the force which exterminated some 504 civilians aged from 1 to 84 years of age. His initial Life sentence was reduced to house arrest before, after three years, he received a presidential pardon from Nixon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_lai
The hero of the event only died this year. Reviled by the us military as a traitor, it took him over 30 years to receive any award for bravely putting his life on the line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson%2C_Jr.
Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat it.
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The hero of the event only died this year. Reviled by the us military as a traitor, it took him over 30 years to receive any award for bravely putting his life on the line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson%2C_Jr.
Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat it.