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...Galley's Freedom...
...from me to begrudge mercy to any Viet Nam veteran. Whatever has been his individual conduct, he has already suffered more than we. Nevertheless, it seems a bit inconsistent that Lieut. Galley [March 11] should be freed before those of his age group whose disobedience was prompted, at least in part, by distaste for shedding human blood...
...There are those of us in the professional officers' corps who view Mr. Galley (I cannot bring myself to call him lieutenant) as what he is: a convicted mass murderer. I was appalled when he was sentenced to only 20 years and angered when he was allowed to remain in his quarters at Fort Benning and enjoy "almost daily visits from his girl friend...
...become almost routine at the Herald, the strongest link in the Knight newspaper chain.* Pulitzer-prizewinning Reporter Gene Miller has the Herald's carte blanche to travel to big stories: the Attica prison insurrection, the Howard Johnson rooftop Shootout in New Orleans, the court-martial of Lieut. William Galley. After nearly three years of digging into Miami operations of the Federal Housing Authority, Herald reporters tracked down the existence of an alleged political slush fund for Florida Senator Edward J. Gurney. Although the paper backed Nixon in 1972, it has kept reporters busy looking into Bebe Rebozo...
Flight Engineer Kenneth Pfrang was knocked to the galley floor by the first grenade. "I got hit by the concussion," he said later, "and I thought, 'Why aren't I dead?' Then I realized it was some sort of incendiary device and smoke was pouring out of the canister." Within seconds, there were more flashes as two phosphorus grenades went off inside the forward section. Two other grenades were thrown into the rear; suddenly the entire plane was filled with roiling black smoke...