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He had been in Vietnam four months at the time of Pinkville. On the next day, March 17, his foot was blown off, when, while following Calley on an operation, a land mine was set off. As Meadlo was waiting to be evacuated, other men in the company had reported that he told Calley that "this was his (Meadlo's) punishment for what he had done the day before."