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gathered at a defoliated area at the hamlet's southern tip, he was approached by Calley and told, regarding the civilians, "You know what to do with 'em." Meadlo took that as orders to only keep watch over them. Calley, however, returned 10 minutes later and became enraged by the fact that the villagers were still alive. After telling Meadlo that he had wanted them dead, Calley backed up about 20 feet, opened fire on them himself and ordered Meadlo to join in, which he did. Meadlo then proceeded to round up more villagers to be massacred.
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reviewed Calley's conviction and sentence as required by law. After reviewing the conclusions of the court-martial, Court of
Military Review, and Court of Military Appeals, Callaway reduced Calley's sentence to just 10 years. Under military regulations, a prisoner is eligible for parole after serving
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The prosecution called over 100 witnesses to testify against Calley during the trial. After
President Nixon intervened in the trial, the assistant prosecutor, Captain Partin, wrote a letter to the White House saying that the presidential intervention had "degraded" and "defiled" the military justice
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The district court once more found the pre-trial publicity, the denial of defense witnesses, and improperly drawn charges had denied Calley a fair trial, and ordered him released on
September 25, 1974. Calley was released on bail while the government appealed the ruling. The Fifth Circuit Court of
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Charlie company into the village of My Lai. Although they faced no resistance, they entered the village shooting. They murdered hundreds of civilians consisting mostly of South Vietnamese elderly men, women, children, and infants using automatic
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One holdout, Private First Class Paul David Meadlo, having been granted immunity, was ordered by Judge Reid W. Kennedy to testify or face contempt of court charges. Meadlo thus took the stand and recounted that as he stood guard over some 30 villagers whom he, along with
Private Dennis Conti, had
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Well, I was ordered to go in there and destroy the enemy. That was my job on that day. That was the mission I was given. I did not sit down and think in terms of men, women, and children. They were all classified the same, and that was the classification that we dealt with, just as enemy
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Conti's testimony corroborated that given by Meadlo, and laid the blame on Calley not only for the initiation of the massacre but also for the participation in it by his subordinates. Another witness, Leonard
Gonzalez, told of finding seven women, all naked, all dead, killed by several
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received over 5,000 telegrams; the ratio was 100 to 1 in favor of leniency. In a telephone survey of the U.S. public, 79 percent disagreed with the verdict, 81 percent believed that the life sentence Calley had received was too stern, and 69 percent believed Calley had been made a
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Calley's officer evaluations described his performance as average. Later, as the My Lai investigation progressed, a more negative picture emerged. Men in his platoon reported to Army investigators that Calley lacked common sense and could not read a map or use a compass properly.
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After deliberating for 79 hours, the six-officer jury (five of whom had served in
Vietnam) convicted him on March 29, 1971, of the premeditated murder of 22 South Vietnamese civilians. On March 31, 1971, Calley was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor at
897:"WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a reporter John Philp conducting street interviews with civilians and soldiers outside the commissary following the conviction of Lieutenant William Calley for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, Fort Benning, Georgia"
611:. Calley was the only one convicted of the 26 officers and soldiers initially charged for their part in the My Lai massacre or the subsequent cover-up. Many observers saw My Lai as a direct result of the military's attrition strategy with its emphasis on
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In presenting the case, the two military prosecutors, Aubrey M. Daniel III and John Partin, were hamstrung by the reluctance of many soldiers to testify against Calley. Some soldiers refused to answer questions on the witness stand by citing the
817:. He died there on April 28, 2024, at the age of 80. His death was not reported until July 29, when it was discovered in public records. On his death certificate, a question asking if he had ever served "in U.S. armed forces" was marked "no".
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declared that Calley and Medina should have been hanged, drawn, and quartered, with their remains placed "at the gates of Fort
Benning, at the Infantry School, as a reminder to those who pass under it of what an infantry officer ought to be."
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Latimer also used Calley's low intelligence and poor performance in training as a defense, arguing that Calley was incompetent, should not have been made an infantry officer, and had been commissioned only because of manpower shortages.
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and set Calley free on bail. The court held that Calley had been improperly convicted due to extensive pre-trial publicity, the military court's refusal to permit certain defense witnesses, the refusal of the
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Of these, 24 families lost everyone β three generations, no survivors. Included in the 504 were 60 elderly men, and 282 women (17 of whom were pregnant). A total of 173 children were killed; 53 were infants.
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Nixon received so many telegrams from Americans requesting clemency or a pardon for William Calley that he remarked to Henry Kissinger, "Most people don't give a shit whether he killed them or not."
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reversed the district court's ruling and returned Calley to custody on June 13, 1974. Calley once more appealed his conviction to Judge Elliott. He asked the Circuit Justice of the Fifth Circuit,
785:, jewelry store owner. Judge Elliott attended the wedding. The couple had one son, William Laws Calley III, and divorced in 2005 or 2006. Calley worked at his father-in-law's store and became a
570:, claimed that on the previous day, his commanding officer, Captain Medina, made it clear that his unit was to move into the village and that everyone was to be shot, saying that they all were
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asked that all state flags be flown at half-staff for Calley, and the governors of Utah and Mississippi also publicly disagreed with the verdict. The legislatures of
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to release testimony about the My Lai massacre taken in executive session, and inadequate notice of charges. As the Army appealed Judge Elliott's decision,
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ordered the men of 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry of the 23rd Infantry Division to kill everyone in the village.
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Calley appealed the Fifth Circuit's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it declined to hear his case on April 5, 1976.
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weapons, grenades and bayonets. Infants and children were killed with bayonets, and females were raped and shot.
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one-third of his sentence. This made Calley eligible for parole after serving three years and four months.
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in mid-March 1967. Upon graduating from OCS Class No. 51 on September 7, 1967, he was commissioned a
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in an international armed conflict, Calley and his fellow soldiers could not be legally tried as
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of Greater Columbus, Calley issued an apology for his role in the My Lai massacre. Calley said:
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Rich, Randi B. (Fall 1975). "Federal Court Scope of Review Over Military Habeas Corpus Cases".
1874:"'It was insanity': At My Lai, U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Vietnamese women and kids"
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broke the story and revealed that Calley had been charged with murdering 109 South Vietnamese.
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on March 16, 1968, during the My Lai massacre, showing mostly women and children dead on a road
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Calley was born on June 8, 1943, in Miami, Florida. His father, William Laws Calley Sr., was a
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King, Wayne (February 28, 1974). "Calley Free on $ 1,000 Bond By Order of Civilian Judge".
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Calley's original defense, that the death of the villagers was the result of an accidental
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2333:"My Lai Massacre 'still staggers me,' prosecutor says, recalling Calley trial at Benning"
1709:"United States v. Calley, U.S. Court of Military Appeals (1973), 22 USCMA 534, 48 CMR 19"
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King, Wayne (September 26, 1974). "Court Orders Calley Freed But the Army Will Appeal".
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Charlton, Linda (April 17, 1974). "Calley Sentence Is Cut To 10 Years By Head of Army".
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Bigart, Homer (August 21, 1971). "Calley Sentence Is Cut to 20 Years From Life Term".
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Smith, Harrison; Langer, Emily; Murphy, Brian; Bernstein, Adam (July 29, 2024).
2230:"Appeals Court Reinstates Calley Court-Martial Conviction in My Lai Killings".
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The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History
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in 1963. He dropped out in 1964, having failed a majority of his classes.
2396:"William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80"
1214:"William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80"
959:"William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80"
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Calley then had a variety of jobs before his army career, including as a
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on July 26, 1966, and underwent eight weeks of basic combat training at
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Oelsner, Lesley (April 6, 1976). "High Court Denies Appeal By Calley".
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The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War
1982:"Nixon's Leniency After My Lai Hurt Veterans. Trump's May, Too"
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granted him a new trial, but that ruling was overturned by the
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On May 15, 1976, Calley married Penny Vick, the daughter of a
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McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War
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called My Lai. On November 12, 1969, investigative reporters
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Kendrick, Oliver, "Coming to Terms with the Past: My Lai",
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People convicted of murder by the United States military
2047:. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p.
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International Law Studies, Documents on Prisoners of War
2155:"Military Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of Calley".
1476:"United States, United States v. William L. Calley, Jr"
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Famous American Trials: The My Lai Courts-Martial 1970
2185:"Calley's Freedom On Bail Is Ended By Appeals Court".
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When Soldiers Quit: Studies in Military Disintegration
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United States Army personnel who were court-martialed
2200:"Powell Denies Calley Bid To Be Free During Appeal".
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Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam, 1945β2010
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He then began 26 weeks of junior officer training at
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658:requested clemency for Calley. Alabama's governor,
2078:. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 351.
1652:"Defense Says Calley Regarded Victims as an Enemy"
1437:The My Lai massacre in American history and memory
1293:. Trial International. May 8, 2016. Archived from
1153:Marines And Military Law In Vietnam: Trial By Fire
2518:American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
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404:. He was assigned to 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st
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1621:(Sixth ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
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1310:"Protection of Non-combatants in Guerrilla Wars"
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2365:"Calley apologizes for role in My Lai massacre"
1843:"News, Photos, Audio | Archives - UPI.com"
1683:"William Calley apologizes for My Lai massacre"
381:, Washington. Having scored high enough on his
2528:Inmates of United States Disciplinary Barracks
2464:The Issue with Alfred as Lt. Calley Was Not a
1397:. Judge Advocate General's School. p. 13.
1276:Linder, Douglas. "The My Lai Massacre Trial",
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497:excluding allied civilians from the status of
418:23rd Infantry Division "The Americal Division"
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2568:Recipients of American presidential clemency
1617:Olson, James Stuart; Roberts, Randy (2013).
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1464:, 00182753, February 2006, Vol. 56, Issue 2.
1411:. Time.com. December 5, 1969. Archived from
2308:"Follow-Up on the News; William Calley Jr."
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2276:"Calley Gets Married To Jeweler's Daughter"
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800:On August 19, 2009, while speaking to the
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19:For the English Member of Parliament, see
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2044:Facing My Lai: Moving Beyond the Massacre
1971:(June 2007), Vol. 94, Issue 1, pp. 154β62
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1540:"Meadlo Given Immunity in Calley Trial"
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239:1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion,
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2455:1971: Calley Guilty of My Lai Massacre
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2245:"Army Says Calley Will Be On Parole".
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957:McFadden, Robert D. (July 30, 2024).
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2149:Memphis State University Law Review
1992:from the original on March 17, 2023
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1741:from the original on August 1, 2024
1681:McMichael, Dick (August 21, 2009).
1650:Bigart, Homer (February 18, 1971).
1409:"The Press: Miscue on the Massacre"
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601:United States Disciplinary Barracks
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1689:from the original on July 12, 2019
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1564:Bigart, Homer (December 5, 1970).
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2249:. September 12, 1975. p. 13.
2234:. September 11, 1975. p. 26.
1895:Turse, Nick (November 13, 2008).
1512:Lesher, Stephan (July 11, 1971).
1486:from the original on July 8, 2019
1440:. Manchester UP. pp. 43β44.
813:As of 2018, Calley was living in
249:23rd Infantry Division (Americal)
147:Commuted to 10 years imprisonment
2558:People from Gainesville, Florida
2159:. December 22, 1973. p. 50.
1809:Raviv, Shaun (January 1, 2018).
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2103:. April 9, 1971. p. 830.
1514:"The Calley Case Re-Examined"
1315:William & Mary Law School
1246:Raviv, Shaun (January 2018).
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863:" (1971), a song about Calley
861:The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley
583:Calley expressed no remorse.
48:Calley after his arrest, 1969
2282:. May 16, 1976. p. 37.
1140:, vol. 41 #1, February 1990.
905:University System of Georgia
901:Civil Rights Digital Library
338:. Calley Jr. graduated from
294:of the murder of 22 unarmed
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2189:. June 14, 1974. p. 7.
1969:Journal of American History
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150:Commuted to three years of
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1937:How We Got Here: The 1970s
1735:Lucian Truscott Newsletter
1474:Levie, H. S., ed. (1979).
1356:Cambridge University Press
984:"An Average American Boy?"
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445:United States Marine Corps
310:under orders by President
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2448:Virginia Quarterly Review
1035:Pacific Stars and Stripes
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2012:"The Cold Warrior"
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