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...massacre. At one point, 25 men were accused on various counts. Now the score stands at two acquittals of enlisted men, no convictions and just five officers still facing legal proceedings. Last week the Army dropped charges against the highest-ranking officer involved, Major General Samuel Koster, former superintendent of West Point...
...Koster was the commander of the Army's Americal Division at the time that one of its companies attacked the village of My Lai. He was described by a top-level investigating team headed by Lieut. General William Peers as helping "either wittingly or unwittingly" to keep information of the "tragedy" from being conveyed to higher authorities...
...students-Leslie W. Mullins '72 and Stephen Koster '71-have already submitted their candidacies. Neither could be reached for comment last night...
Firm Jaw. In June of 1968, Koster became head of the Military Academy. One gray day last week he stood on the stone balcony in the academy mess hall. He bore himself impeccably-back straight, jaw firm, every graying hair in place. Below him waited the 3,700-man Corps of Cadets, including his son, Samuel W. Koster Jr. General Koster told them that "action has been initiated against me" arising from his Viet Nam tour and that he was resigning as superintendent "to separate the academy and you of the corps from the continuing flow" of adverse publicity...
...solid majority of cadets was behind Koster all the way. "He can't win, no matter what," said Senior Tom O'Meara. "His career simply wouldn't have the same potential." Said Bob Wagner, another first classman: "He's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but he's being punished regardless of the outcome...