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...Resor, who handed down the punishment just before he resigned last week, maintained that Koster had evidence that possible war crimes had been committed at My Lai, and it was his professional duty to make a report. Koster did in fact inquire into the incident. He asked Colonel Oran Henderson, commander of the brigade that included Lieut. William Galley's Charlie Company, to fill him in. Henderson is being tried by court-martial for failing to make a proper report...
Stephens' attempt to evoke that memory began two years ago when as chaplain of Coventry's biggest hospital he encountered two dying boys: Billy Henderson, 12, who had cancer in his legs, chest and bloodstream; and Kenneth Lawley, 11, with head injuries resulting from a fall from his bike. "Billy died first," said Stephens, "and I felt a need to tell his parents they were not alone in their grief. I told them about Kenneth, and after Kenneth died I introduced the two sets of parents." Adds Joan Henderson: "We found we could cry together about our boys...
...case were dropped and if the country were building a national spirit for the war drive, perhaps this point could be forgotten. But there will be more My Lai prosecutions, including one of Col. Henderson for covering up the news of the massacre. And more importantly, publicity is finally arriving for Vietnam veterans who are announcing that American war policy is brutal and criminal. The Winter Soldier Investigations and this week's war crimes tribunals in Washington, D. C., should trigger the same curiosity as news about Calley...
Only three men, all officers, still have charges pending against them. Colonel Oran Henderson, Calley's brigade commander, is accused of helping to cover up the massacre; pretrial hearings in the Henderson case began last week. Captain Eugene Kotouc, a member of Calley's task force, is charged with assault and maiming. Calley's immediate superior, Captain Ernest Medina, still faces charges of murder and assault...
...Oran K. Henderson...