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  • My lai. I suppose you meant William Calley: 1) "The My Lai Massacre (pronunciation (help·info), approximately [mi.˧˩˥'lɐːj˧˧]) (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai) was the mass murder of 347 to 504 unarmed citizens of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), mostly civilians and majority of them women and children, conducted by U.S. Army forces on March 16, 1968. The massacre took place in the hamlets of Mỹ Lai and My Khe of SÆ¡n Mỹ village during the Vietnam War. The incident prompted widespread outrage around the world and reduced U.S. support at home for the Vietnam War. The massacre is also known as the SÆ¡n Mỹ Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát SÆ¡n Mỹ) or sometimes as the Song My Massacre." "Charlie Company landed following a short artillery and helicopter gunship preparation. The soldiers found no enemy fighters in the village on the morning of March 16. Many suspected there were NLF troops in the village, hiding underground in the homes of their elderly parents or their wives. The U.S. soldiers, one platoon of which was led by Second Lieutenant William Calley, went in shooting at "suspected enemy position". After the first civilians were killed and wounded by the indiscriminate fire, the soldiers soon began attacking anything that moved, humans and animals alike, with firearms, grenades and bayonets. The scale of the massacre only spiraled as it progressed, the brutality increasing with each killing." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre 2) "William Laws Calley, Jr. (born June 8, 1943, in Miami, Florida) is a former U.S. Army officer who was found guilty of ordering the March 16, 1968, My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley 3) "Matthew Ray Bennett [...] played the lead role of Lieutenant James Calley on the Showtime series Total Recall 2070 and the 1998 telefilm by the same name." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bennett Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_2070 I could not find any connection with Vietnam here. The name "James Calley" appears also on a few webpages concerning the My Lai massacre. It must be an error, in my opinion.

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