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31: Book Review, “Four Hours in My Lai” by Michael Bilton

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The Trial of Lieutenant Callie

Lieutenant Callie Meelo said he was ordered to fire single shots to conserve ammunition. He described lining up first the first group of villagers and shooting them down, expending four clips of ammunition in the killing. There were 17 bullets to a clip which meant Wallace deducted, deduced 68 shots. How many people would you imagine were killed that day? I would say 370. Did you ever dream about all this that went on in Pinkville? Yes I did and I still dream about it. Some days, some nights, I can't sleep. I just lay there thinking about it.

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