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General at My Lai Probe May Have Ordered Sparing Civilians
Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster, then commander of the Americal Division, testified before a Pentagon board and was aboard a helicopter when radio warnings not to kill noncombatants were issued. The board probes the My Lai massacre and whether Medina received the warning to protect civilians.
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Washington
UPI
My Lai
Defense Department
Samuel W. Koster
Koster
U.S. Military Academy
Americal
Pentagon
First Army
Ernest L. Medina
C Company
Hugh C. Thompson
Thompson
Medina
William R. Peers