Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Calley was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence but served only three and a half years under house arrest. (16 March 1968)
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Royal Air Force Base
Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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Friday 23rd of May 1969 (x) — US Air Force mechanic Paul Meyer steals a Hercules Transporter C-130 37789 aircraft and disappears above the English Channel A few days later small pieces of wreckage of the Hercules, including a life raft washed up near the shores of the Channel Island of Alderney. Meyer's body was never found.