Word: evenements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assignment in March was a fearsome one: to clear the Viet Cong out of Quang Ngai province?an area long known as "the cradle of revolution" in Viet Nam. The province had produced and harbored some of the Viet Minh's most effective fighters against the French. It had even been the target of the very first U.S. assault in the war. That was Operation Starlight, in which Marines claimed to have killed 700 Communist soldiers, leading General William Westmoreland to boast that the Marines "could meet and defeat any force they might encounter." But despite repeated similar sweeps...
...edgy company, expecting a firefight and anxious to at last even the score for their comrades picked off by an invisible enemy, split into three platoons. Two were assigned to take up flank positions and block the escape of anyone from the village. The central platoon (apparently about 30 men), commanded by Lieut. Calley, headed into the village. It met no resistance on the outskirts. But despite the lack of enemy fire, Galley's men in less than 20 minutes ignited "hootches" and chased all the villagers?whether fleeing, standing or begging for mercy?into groups, and shot everyone...
...instead ? right between the goddam eyes. Then there would have been only one death." Others prefer not to face up to the implications of the affair. Says the company's Corporal William Kern: "I can't figure out why everybody is so upset. Especially Ridenhour, who wasn't even there. How can it bother you if you're not even there...
...very reserved, quiet boy and very cooperative." Rusty's father, a Navy veteran, sold heavy construction equipment, and business was good. The Calleys had a vacation house in North Carolina, and in high school Rusty had his own car. He was too small for varsity sports ?even now he stands only 5 ft. 3 in. and weighs 130 Ibs.?but he spent a good deal of time at sandlot football, water-skiing and skin diving...
...Miami and move to the North Carolina cabin. Rusty stayed on in Florida. Once he and Chuck Queen flew up to visit the Calleys. "He was upset about it," Queen recalls. "It was a bad situation, but Rusty kept it within him." Young Calley always seemed calm and even-tempered. "I can't ever remember him getting mad," says Rick Smith. "He never let things faze him too much...