Convicted of the murder of 102 Vietamese civilians - the My Lai Massacre - former Army Lieutenant William Calley (sunglasses) is escorted from the Fort Benning, Georgia confinement facility to a federal appeals court in nearby Columbus, Ga. At a later date, Calley's original sentence of life in prison was turned into an order of house arrest, but after three years, President Richard Nixon reduced his sentence with a presidential pardon.

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Convicted of the murder of 102 VietNamese civilians - the My Lai Massacre - former Army Lieutenant William Calley (sunglasses) is escorted from the Fort Benning, Georgia confinement facility to a federal appeals court in nearby Columbus, Ga. At a later date, Calley's original sentence of life in prison was turned into an order of house arrest, but after three years, President Richard Nixon reduced his sentence with a presidential pardon.

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