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...They were the enemy, not people," Calley testified. "I acted as I was directed....And I do not feel I was wrong in doing...
...Benning, Ga., Lt. William L. Calley Jr. admitted yesterday that he had ordered the mass execution of unresisting Vietnamese men, women and children and fired at civilians himself in My Lai nearly three years...
According to the Army's charges against him, Lieut. William Calley killed 102 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai three years ago. But in the long process of his trial at Fort Benning, Ga., Rusty Calley has become a celebrity, almost a hero to some. His secretary has collected 10,000 fan letters v. seven in a file marked "derogatory." Paul Harvey, the conservative commentator, has dispatched no fewer than 25 letters. In the first, Harvey said: "I have every confidence that you are a fine military officer that we can all be proud of." A Calley friend in Atlanta...
...When Calley travels, Delta Air Lines in Columbus, Ga., wires ahead to ensure him VIP treatment; recently Delta gave him a first-class seat though he held a coach ticket. When he stops at a bar, Calley invariably finds his drink tab (bourbon and Seven-Up) collected by an admirer. While in Washington, where he was undergoing psychiatric tests last week, he had $10 thrust at him by a stranger. In Columbus, Calley and his friends are always guests of the house at the Chickasaw Supper Club. A local wine shop gives him a discount. The president of the Fourth...
...only My Lai trial now under way is that of Lieut. William Calley Jr., a platoon commander in Medina's Company C. His trial has been delayed while he undergoes sanity tests ordered by the presiding judge. A major contention of his defense is that he was only carrying out the orders of his superior officer...