FO techniques against independent peoples, Example I, location SE Asia -
'On Mar. 16,
1968, a unit of the U.S. army Americal division, led by
Lt. William L. Calley, invaded the South Vietnamese
hamlet of My Lai (more correctly, Son My), an alleged
Viet Cong stronghold. In the course of combat
operations, unarmed civilians, including women and
children, were shot to death (the final army estimate for
the number killed was 347). The incident remained
unknown to the American public until the autumn of
1969 ... Of the many soldiers originally charged,
only five were court-martialed, and one, Lt. Calley,
convicted. On Mar. 29, 1971, he was found guilty of the
premeditated murder of at least twenty-two Vietnamese
civilians and sentenced to life imprisonment. His
sentence was later reduced to 10 years, and in Sept.,
1974, a federal district court overturned the conviction
and Calley was released.
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