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osity should have made him
think about this. Obviously,
Galley's men were aware of
this since they were reluctant
to join him in the shooting.
Whether he was aware of this
or not would not have affec-
ted the finding of guilty.
However, it certainly would
have been something to offer
in miligation. Obviously, he
did not convince the court-
martial that he thought he
was only doing his duty.
Q, How can the Army hold Cal-
ley morally responsible for
the massacre of individuals
when villages are bombed and
napalmed?
A. This is a reckless comparison.
First of all villages are not in-
discriminately bombed or na-
palmed. You may recall that
not long ago this allegation
was brought up and a high
powered investigation was
made to determine the extent
of civilian napalm casualties.
The team, as I remember,
found only three civilians that
could have been burned by
napalm. Secondly, I feel sure
that when a village is bombed,
if in fact any are, there is a
considerable provocation
from VC in the village and a
painstaking process of getting
approval for the bombing is
gone through.
Q. If you try Calley, why
shouldn't Truman be tried for
Hiroshima?
A. Truman was not subject' to
the Articles of War. He prob^
ably would have been triable
by a Japanese tribunal if Ja-
pan had won the war.
Q. What do you think of the
President's intervention in the
case?
A. I agree with Senator Byah's
view of his intervention. Pres-
ident Nixon can intervene
Continued on page 7
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V.C. How could you justify
this type of conduct by our
own troops? The basic objec-
tive in Vietnam has been to
gain the support of the Viet-
namese people. Brutal treat-
ment of the population cer-
tainly does not contribute to
this end. I went to Vietnam in
1968 before the My Lai inci-
dent was exposed. As I re-
member, there was consider-
able troop indoctrination on
the treatment of the Viet-
namese. I can't imagine Calley
not having received the same
type of indoctrination. I also
remember being required to
carry on my persorfa Geneva
Conventions Identification
card. It would seem ridiculous
to carry this if there had been
sanctiop of these1 atrocities.
Q. Why should Calley be singled
out since evidently atrocities
of this type must be relatively
frequent?
A. This is not true. The Vietnam
conflict is the most investi-
gated and observed war in
military history. If this lack
of discipline had been com-
mon it would have come to
" the surface years ago. Of
course, murders occur and
when they are discovered they
are punished. As a matter of
fact, during the time period
of My Lai, as I remember, a
number of soldiers were being
tried for murdering Viet Cong
in the Americal Division.
This idea of singling out My
Lai just doesn't hold water.
Q. Do you think Calley could
. reasonably have known that
it was his duty to disobey an
illegal order, if this-was the
case?
A. Calley stated that he had ne-
ver been advised that he was
supposed to disobey an ille-
gal order. This may well have
been and probably was the
case. But on the other hand,
all soldiers are required to re-
ceive instruction on the puni-
tive articles in the Uniformed
Code of Military Justice.
There is an article which
makes punishable disobedi-
ence to a lawful order. On the
other hand, nothing in the
instructions covers a punish-
ment for disobeying an un-
lawful order. Somewhere
along the line, Calley's curi-
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