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...COURT-MARTIAL OF LT. CALLEY by Richard Hammer. 398 pages. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan...
...though impassioned distillation of the trial proceedings and still feel that the six jurors -all combat veterans acting against their own instincts as professional soldiers-could have reached any conclusion other than the one they did. The conclusion: in the 1968 U.S. assault on the hamlet of My Lai, Calley was guilty of the premeditated murder of at least 22 defenseless Vietnamese babies, children, women...
...many members of Galley's own platoon contradicted Galley's testimony about his role in the carnage and Galley's memory of the action was so self-servingly selective that Hammer concludes flatly: "Calley lied and lied blatantly on the stand." He was also ill-advised by his attorneys, especially his civilian counsel, George W. Latimer, whose defense strategy was "confusing and confused, rambling and directionless." The defense at various times argued that: 1) there was no large-scale killing at My Lai; 2) yes, there was a lot of killing but it had been done...
...Calley Mold. Also charged with two separate killings was Donaldson's operations officer at the time, Lieut. Colonel William McCloskey, 39. Although he is a dedicated officer with ten Purple Hearts to his credit, McCloskey is more in the Calley mold, a onetime enlisted man who served two hitches before going to O.C.S...
...Retreat. He almost certainly will. The Army is still stinging from charges that it made a scapegoat of Calley. It would leave itself open to a charge of whitewashing if it dropped the Donaldson affair without a trial. Besides, the man behind the investigation is General William Westmoreland; the flinty Chief of Staff has announced that "the system is on trial." Brigadier General Samuel Koster, Americal Division commander at the time of My Lai, has already been reduced to his present rank on Westmoreland's recommendation. Many ranking officers are up in arms over Westmoreland's inquisition. Says...