Word: galley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...howls of outrage emanating from the American people at Lieut. Galley's sentence [April 12] seem to indicate that Americans are not willing to do unto themselves as they did unto the Germans and the Japanese. America has a moral obligation to judge her own as she has judged others in the past. Or are the norms to be different for the victors and the vanquished...
...Army, an organization that trains people to kill, condemn Lieut. Galley for murder...
...Lieut. Galley has been found guilty. Of what? Of having the courage to fight for his country? That a young man should expose himself to peril only to be court-martialed and convicted upon his return home is incredible. The idea that there is a "right" and "wrong" in war is ludicrous. I cannot believe that we will allow Galley to serve as scapegoat for our guilty consciences...
While it is true that Galley alone must not be allowed to bear the total blame, how can he be considered a scapegoat? A scapegoat is one who bears punishment for the mistakes of others. Is he so incompetent a human being that he is totally free of responsibility for his actions? MARY ANNE HARRISON Highland Park...
...Germans accused of murdering Jews and other "enemies of the people" in cold blood during World War II invariably claimed that they were "only doing their duty and following orders." Many Americans who could not accept such an alibi then feel now that Galley's conviction is unjust. Fortunately, Galley's peers who convicted him did not have any such double standard...