FILE - Lt. William Calley leaves the court martial building at Fort McPherson, Ga., Sept. 13, 1971 after being allowed to invoke his constitutional privileges and not testify in the trial of Capt. Ernest Medina. Calley, who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, died on April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla., The Washington Post reported Monday July 29, 2024, citing his death certificate. He was 80. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)
FILE - Former Army Lt. William Calley poses for a photo at the Kiwanis Club, Aug. 19, 2009, in Columbus, Ga. where he spoke publicly for the first time about the My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968. Calley, who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, died on April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla., The Washington Post reported Monday July 29, 2024, citing his death certificate. He was 80. (The Ledger-Enquirer via AP, File)
FILE - Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., pictured during his court martial at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 23, 1971. Calley, who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, died on April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla., The Washington Post reported Monday July 29, 2024, citing his death certificate. He was 80. (APPhoto/Joe Holloway, Jr., File)
FILE - Lt. William L. Calley Jr., center, and his military counsel, Maj. Kenneth A. Raby, left, arrive the Pentagon for testimony before an Army board of investigation on the alleged My Lai Massacre in Washington on Dec. 6, 1969. Calley, who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, died on April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla., The Washington Post reported Monday July 29, 2024, citing his death certificate. He was 80. (AP Photo/File)