There is a rather disreputable ghost haunting the U.S. departure from Viet NamLieut. William Calley Jr. Last week the Army Court of Military Review upheld his conviction for the My Lai massacre, and approved his sentence of 20 years at hard labor for ordering "subordinates to participate in the mass summary execution of unarmed, unresisting men, women and children." The decision will be appealed still higher, to the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and President Nixon has said he would make the final ruling himself.
A group of clergymen, led by Yale...
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