WHEN Lieut. William Calley took the stand last week for 2½ days in his own defense, the incredible brutality of U.S. troops at My Lai began to seem understandableat least by the terrible logic of combat in Viet Nam. Calley's testimony was one of the more painful commentaries on the war.
In the small, carpeted courtroom, his counsel, George Latimer, led him back and forth across the countryside of Quang Ngai province. With violent and painful detail, the young officer recapitulated the events of March 1968.
The attacks on "Pinkville" came on the heels of the massive Tet offensive, and U.S. troops were...
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