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Victor_c3

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1. Calley still resided in Columbus, Ga when I was last at Fort Benning in 2002-2003

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:47 AM

Apr 2013

I believe that he owned and operated a jewelry store there.

I don't know how much the military has internalized the lessons from the massacre, but we sure as hell were instructed about it in our ethics classes both when I was in ROTC in college and when I was in my Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning. The ugly side of wars are the things we should never forget.

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Judge who oversaw court-martial in My Lai Massacre dies [View all] unhappycamper Apr 2013 OP

Calley still resided in Columbus, Ga when I was last at Fort Benning in 2002-2003 Victor_c3 Apr 2013 #1

My Lai? Isn't that where Colin Powell initially found that nothing wrongful occurred? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #2

Yup, Powell was a major in the Americal Division. n/t unhappycamper Apr 2013 #3