Word: calley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From there Kay attempted to establish that Conti had bragged to his buddies about raping women in Viet Nam; that on two occasions Calley had stopped Conti from attacking women; that, in My Lai, Conti had threatened to shoot a woman's baby if she refused to submit; that Conti hated Calley and wanted "to see Lieut. Calley hang, Kay elicited only denials on these points, but he did manage to shake Conti's calm. When Kay persisted about Conti's supposed quest for women on the day of the shootings, asking, "You found one, didn...
...Robert Maples, 22, a machine-gunner in the platoon and now a warehouse worker in Freehold, N.J., swore that Calley had asked him to use his machine gun on the Vietnamese. Maples said that he had refused...
Interrogation by George Latimer, Calley's senior counsel, brought out two weaknesses in Maples' testimony. The witness conceded that Calley had not actually ordered him to fire on the civilians. He also acknowledged that he had not seen victims being struck by bullets. However, Maples observed, "the people that was in there did not come out." Charles Hall, an assistant gunner, remembered the victims with "blood coming out of all parts of their bodies. It was very red and very...
Meadlo, one man said to be close to Calley at both slaughter sites, had talked freely about his and Calley's role at My Lai when the case surfaced a year ago. But now Meadlo was claiming Fifth Amendment protection against selfincrimination. The Government has not attempted to prosecute any of the servicemen now out of the Army. The prosecution offered Meadlo a grant of immunity signed by Major General Orwin Talbott, commander of Fort Benning. Meadlo's lawyer argued that the writ was worthless, that his client might conceivably be tried by some special tribunal...
Vast Confusion. Chances are that Prosecutor Daniel is no longer counting on Meadlo's testimony. Daniel plans to conclude his case this week by calling to the witness stand other members of the Calley platoon. The defense has in cross-examination tried to raise the possibility that artillery fire or helicopter strafing inflicted the casualties. Also, two witnesses said that they found a rifle near the body of one Vietnamese. Another, contradicting all the other testimony, said that he believed that some hostile fire was directed at the G.I.s. But the defense has not begun to make its real...