Powell also had a part in burying the My Lai story. The reason that no senior officer ended up in the dock was largely because of his report as G-3 of the Americal Division in 1968.
It’s pretty rich for Colin Powell to be worried about ‘his reputation’ when he had already established a dubious one while still only a major.
https://edwardrynearson.wordpress.com/behind-colin-powells-legend-the-my-lai-massacre/
I did not know that. I am going to check that angle out.