"I think [Cohen] would like to get it finished while he's still in office," said May, who has advised the defense secretary on other matters in the past. "I hope it happens, because I have a personal relationship with him and his people and he won't be there after January 20th."
Despite his somewhat limited role in the investigation, May said he was happy to participate.
"It's important for Korean American relations [that] if there happened to be a deliberate atrocity, it's important that the U.S. acknowledge it," he said. "The U.S. and U.S. army have an obligation to face up before the American public to any such accusation and to tell the truth."
He said the Army can make concrete improvements in the wake of the No Gun Ri controversy, even though he believes the U.S. will not pay reparations for its actions in the event.
"The army did not handle the original questions well," May said. " I do think the government needs a better procedure for dealing with this sort of thing...so they don't have to have such an expensive inquiry."