VOA wants to air ex-US soldier’s apology to Vietnamese public
The Voice of America radio station
(VOA) wants to help former US Army lieutenant William L. Calley
broadcast his recent apology for the Vietnamese war atrocity at My Lai
to the people of Vietnam.
The Voice of America radio station
(VOA) wants to help former US Army lieutenant William L. Calley
broadcast his recent apology for the Vietnamese war atrocity at My Lai
to the people of Vietnam.
The website www.Ledger-Enquirer.com on August 26 ran an article entitled “ Voice of America wants to air Calley’s apology in Vietnam .”
Judy Nguyen, senior editor of VOA’s Vietnamese service, said that the VOA, a multi-media broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government, wants the former Army lieutenant to take part in an interview that will be broadcast in Vietnam.
She said the interview could be for either radio or television and that the VOA would interview him over the phone or travel to Columbus or Atlanta.
On August 21, while speaking to journalists, Calley, now 66, the only US soldier found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre in 1968 which claimed the lives of over 500 Vietnamese civilians, issued his first public apology to the victims and their families.
“I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and for their families as well. I am very sorry,” said the former US platoon commander.
On March 16, 1968, US soldiers gunned down hundreds of civilians in the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai . Calley was convicted of 22 counts of murder after a court martial in 1971 at Fort Benning . He was sentenced to life in prison, but his sentence was commuted by President Richard Nixon after only three years of imprisonment./.
The website www.Ledger-Enquirer.com on August 26 ran an article entitled “ Voice of America wants to air Calley’s apology in Vietnam .”
Judy Nguyen, senior editor of VOA’s Vietnamese service, said that the VOA, a multi-media broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government, wants the former Army lieutenant to take part in an interview that will be broadcast in Vietnam.
She said the interview could be for either radio or television and that the VOA would interview him over the phone or travel to Columbus or Atlanta.
On August 21, while speaking to journalists, Calley, now 66, the only US soldier found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre in 1968 which claimed the lives of over 500 Vietnamese civilians, issued his first public apology to the victims and their families.
“I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and for their families as well. I am very sorry,” said the former US platoon commander.
On March 16, 1968, US soldiers gunned down hundreds of civilians in the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai . Calley was convicted of 22 counts of murder after a court martial in 1971 at Fort Benning . He was sentenced to life in prison, but his sentence was commuted by President Richard Nixon after only three years of imprisonment./.
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