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My Lai Demotion Plea Rejected by Army Secretary
General Samuel W. Koster, demoted after the My Lai massacre, had appealed to restore him to major general upon retirement. Secretary Howard Callaway reaffirmed the earlier decision, denying restoration of the Distinguished Service Medal and removal of a censure letter for not adequately investigating the incident. Koster, former West Point superintendent, led the Americal Division during the March 1964 killings in My Lai, with Lt. William Calley in the same unit.
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