Word: calley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acted emotionally and without being aware of the evidence that was presented and perhaps even the laws of this nation regulating the conduct of war. To believe, however, that any large percentage of the population could believe the evidence which was presented and approve of the conduct of Lieutenant Calley would be as shocking to my conscience as the conduct itself, since I believe that we are still a civilized nation...
...such be the case, then the war in Viet Nam has brutalized us more than I care to believe, and it must cease. How shocking it is if so many people across this nation have failed to see the moral issue which was involved in the trial of Lieutenant Calley-that it is unlawful for an American soldier to summarily execute unarmed and unresisting men, women, children and babies...
...dismayed at your decision to intervene in these proceedings in the midst of the public clamor. Your decision can only have been prompted by the response of a vocal segment of our population, who, while acting in good faith, cannot be aware of the evidence which resulted in Lieutenant Calley's conviction. Your intervention has damaged the military judicial system and lessened any respect it may have gained...
...only has respect for the legal process been weakened and the critics of the military judicial system been given support for their claims of command influence, the image of Lieutenant Calley, a man convicted of the premeditated murder of at least 22 unarmed and unresisting people, as a national hero has been enhanced...
Hawk to Dove. Though he prosecuted Calley to the limit of his ability, and was appalled by the scope of the My Lai massacre (once prowar, he is now a dove), Daniel feels no animosity toward the lieutenant. "You can't let these things become a personal matter," he said. "In the long run, it is simply a matter of whether justice is done. If that happens, our society wins...