Word: punished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Part of the outcry and the anguish over William Galley's conviction for multiple murders at My Lai came from the sense of many Americans that the young lieutenant was only a scapegoat. Punish sergeants, lieutenants, perhaps captains, but let the big brass alone. The Nixon Administration and the U.S. Army are troubled and embarrassed by that sentiment. Partly as a result, there is one big figure who is unlikely to get away without a murder charge...
...Helfand '71, a member of SDS, said that he would conduct a "political" defense. "I intend to ask the Administration whether they are actually going to punish people for shouting down war criminals," he said...
...opinion, Lieut. Galley represents the tens of thousands of Americans who in the past have gone to foreign lands and waters to defend this country and the things for which it stands. As a World War II veteran, I know war is not pleasant. But to punish Lieut. Galley for carrying out his basic mission-to seek out and destroy the enemy-is wrong...
...political fortunes and convictions, who can contribute to the intellectual vitality of the Harvard community, should be permitted to do so without harassment. An academic community cannot turn itself into a judicial tribunal to judge the implications of the public activity of its members. An academic community can properly punish its members for violations of the purposes to which it is dedicated. The political activity of such members, when distinguishable from their activity as teachers or students, should he judged by the larger political community, rather than by the academic community...
...called a rally for 3:15 p.m. today in front of University Hall to "confront" Dean Dunlop about Harvard's relationship to the war in Indochina and about the administration's desire to punish people for disrupting the March 26 "Counter Teach-In" here...