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  Biography of William Calley
Calley’s military career began with basic training, after which he was transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington where he trained as a clerk-typist.
To protect Calley from too many media questions, Sack would fill the five court room chairs that had been allocated the defendant with “pretty young women” who were often invited back to his apartment for coffee.
During the trial Calley underwent numerous psychological exams which all revealed that he was “normal” and did not suffer from and psychological disease that would account for his behavior.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/myl_bcalleyhtml.htm   (441 words)

  
  William Calley
American Army Lt. William Calley (born June 8, 1943) was convicted on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder for his role in the March 1968 My Lai massacre, a war crime committed during the Vietnam War.
Calley was seen by some as a scapegoat for the Army's failure to instill morale and discipline in its troops.
Calley served 3 1/2 years of house arrest in his quarters at Fort Benning, Georgia and was then released in 1974 by a federal judge.
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  William Calley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calley's trial started on November 17, 1969, and resulted in a conviction on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder of 22 civilians for his role in the massacre.
Calley was seen by some as a scapegoat used by the U.S. Army instead of accepting responsibility for the failure to instill morale and discipline in its troops and commanders.
Calley petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus on February 11, 1974, which was granted on September 25, 1974, along with immediate release, by federal judge J.
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 William Calley - Articles and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
William Calley (born June 8, 1943) was an American Army lieutenant in the Vietnam War who was involved with the March 1968 My Lai Massacre.
Calley was charged on September 5, 1969 with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai and was convicted on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder for his role in the massacre.
Calley served 3 1/2 years of house arrest in his quarters at Fort Benning, Georgia and was then released in 1974 by a federal judge.
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 William Calley - Japan
Calley applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1967, and after graduation from OCS Class No. 51 of 1967 on September 7, 1967[4], was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry.
Calley was seen by some as a scapegoat used by the U.S. Army instead of accepting responsibility for the failure to instill morale and discipline in its troops and commanders.
Calley petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus on February 11, 1974, which was granted on September 25, 1974, along with immediate release, by federal judge J.
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 William Laws Calley, Jr. (1943 - ) - Imagine -- a place for the Hippie-Hearted - Care2.com
Calley's trial started on November 17, 1969 and resulted in a conviction on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder of 22 civilians for his role in the massacre.
Calley was seen by some as a scapegoat used by the U.S. Army instead of accepting responsibility for the failure to instill morale and discipline in its troops and commanders.
Calley petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus on February 11, 1974, which was granted on September 25, 1974, along with immediate release, by federal judge J.
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 Calley
Calley had numerous jobs before entering the Army at all of them he wasn't the best graduating High school basically at the bottom of his class.
William Calley the center of the whole mess in My Lai he is the one who gave the troops the orders to be carried out.
Calley was seen by three psychiatrists at walter reed Hospital and found to be legally sane.
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 William Calley
American Army Lt. William Calley (born June 8, 1943) was convicted on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder for his role in the March 1968 My Lai massacre, a war crime committed during the Vietnam War.
Calley was seen by some as a scapegoat for the Army's failure to instill morale and discipline in its troops.
Calley served 3 1/2 years of house arrest in his quarters at Fort Benning, Georgia and was then released in 1974 by a federal judge.
www.vietnam-war.info /figures/william_calley.php   (215 words)

  
 Military Tribunals sponsored by High Crimes
Leading Calley's defense was former military appeals judge George Latimer, along with a team of civilian and military lawyers.
The private was by Calley's side at My Lai, and his recollection of the incident — and Calley's actions — almost three years earlier was devastating.
Calley never quite admitted all of what he was charged with, but was so worn down by the end of Daniel's questioning that he begged Judge Kennedy for a recess before the military jurors got a turn to question him.
www.courttv.com /archive/high_crimes/vietnam/vietnam02.html   (712 words)

  
 JURIST – The My Lai Massacre Trial
Calley's utter lack of respect for the indigenous population was apparent to all in the company.
The assault plan called for Lt. Calley's first platoon and Lt. Stephen Brooks' second platoon to sweep into the village, while a third platoon, Medina, and the headquarters unit would be held in reserve and follow the first two platoons in after the area was more-or-less secured.
Calley was at the drainage ditch on the eastern edge of the village, where about seventy to eighty old men, women, and children not killed on the spot had been brought.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /famoustrials/mylai.php   (4084 words)

  
 Don't ask me about calley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
William Calley (born June 8, 1943) was a U.S. Army officer involved in the March 1968 My Lai Massacre.
William L. Calley was convicted of the premeditated murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians during the March 16, 1968 incident known as the My Lai massacre.
The agitated troops, under the command of Lt. William Calley, entered the village poised for engagement with their elusive enemy.
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 JURIST - The My Lai Massacre Trial
Calley's utter lack of respect for the indigenous population was apparent to all in the company.
Calley was at the drainage ditch on the eastern edge of the village, where about seventy to eighty old men, women, and children not killed on the spot had been brought.
Calley hired as his attorney George Latimer, a Salt Lake City lawyer with considerable military experience, having served on the Military Court of Appeals.
www.jurist.law.pitt.edu /trials3.htm   (4104 words)

  
 Lieutenant William Calley - Picture - MSN Encarta
Lieutenant William Calley - Picture - MSN Encarta
United States Army Lieutenant William Calley leaves a federal courthouse in February 1974.
Calley was charged with war crimes in connection with the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War (1959-1975).
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 mylai
The agitated troops, under the command of Lt. William Calley, entered the village poised for engagement with the elusive Vietcong.
William Calley, aged 24, was not particularly popular with the men he led.
Calley’s life sentence was subsequently reduced to twenty years, then reduced again to ten years.
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 Trial Watch : William Calley
CNBC - William Calley was convicted of murder in 1971 for his role in the 1968 My Lai massacre, in which hundreds of Vietnamese women, children and seniors were shot to death by American soldiers.
BBC News - Lieutenant William Calley has been found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre which claimed the lives of 500 South Vietnamese civilians.
William Calley was born on 8 June 1943.
www.trial-ch.org /en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/william_calley_89.html?AN=1   (634 words)

  
 Calley, William (1943- )- US Army Lieutenant; platoon leader convicted of My Lai Massacre.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Lieutenant William Calley was born in 1943 and was the sole person blamed for the My Lai Massacre.
Calley was called to Vietnam in the midst of the escalating war.
William Calley was the only person ever charged in the killing at My Lai.
library.thinkquest.org /C0129380/people/lt_calley.html   (125 words)

  
 My Lai Massacre (Morgana's Observatory)
William Calley, aged 24, was not particularly popular with the men he led.
Calley’s defense was straightforward: he had simply followed orders given to him by Captain Medina.
Calley’s life sentence was subsequently reduced to twenty years, then reduced again to ten years.
www.dreamscape.com /morgana/mylai.htm   (1172 words)

  
 William Calley
Calley and his men killed at least 100 (some estimates double or triple that amount) unarmed men women and children.
William Calley was the only person ever charged in connection with the events at My Lai.
William Calley settled in Columbus, Georgia (where he had graduated from OCS, was later imprisoned, and where he enjoyed a great deal of public support).
edison.dadeschools.net /calley.htm   (460 words)

  
 VQR » Calley's Ghost
Calley personally pushed it back down into the pile of bodies, shot it, and then returned to beating an old man he had been in the process of interrogating.
Calley eventually went on to other duties, actually being allowed to extend his combat tour for assignments including, of all things, a civil affairs staff position and some long-range patrol duty—the latter usually reserved for only the most expert and reliable field soldiers.
I had to see Calley and remember that the terrible things he and his platoon did, along with the rest of Task Force Barker, were real.
www.vqronline.org /articles/2003/winter/beidler-calleys-ghost   (6211 words)

  
 Dec. 69
William Laws Calley was born in Miami on June 8, 1943, the second of four children and the only boy.
When Calley was about 10 his father, a salesman of construction equipment, bought a summer home in the lush green hills of the Smokies in Waynesville, N.C., and when young Calley was 21 the family moved there to live.
Calley applied for officer candidate school and on March 26, 1967, began the course in class No. 51 at Ft. Benning, Ga. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in a class of 162 men on Sept. 7.
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 My Lai Massacre
Calley was ordered back the U.S. and subsequently charged with 109 counts of murder, an appalling number but well below the real death toll.
He was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor, but the great humanitarian, Richard M. Nixon, granted Calley a lot more mercy that the lieutenant had granted the villagers of My Lai, and commuted the sentence.
Not only did Calley serve as the scapegoat for the actions of his unit, but his punishment didn't even remotely fit the magnitude of the crime.
www.rotten.com /library/history/war-crimes/my-lai-massacre   (1307 words)

  
 Calley Civilians Including Women, Children, And The Elderly. Calley Ordered His Men To Enter The Villa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Calley ordered his men to enter the village firing, though there For his part, Calley was said to have rounded up a group.
Calley's long gown made from a vintage table cloth and is heavily distressed.
Calley was charged on September 5, 1969 with.
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 This day in History: William Calley, Jr. convicted of My Lai Massacre [March 29, 1971]
Calley's trial started on November 17, 1970, and resulted in a conviction on March 29, 1971 of premeditated murder of 22 civilians for his role in the massacre.
Calley petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus on February 11, 1974, which was granted on September 25, 1974, along with immediate release, by federal judge J. Robert Elliott.
Calley continues to reside in the Columbus, Georgia area and, according to locals, owns, runs, or works at a jewelry store.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1808937/posts   (2129 words)

  
 FOLLOW-UP ON THE NEWS; William Calley Jr. - New York Times
Calley lives near the Army post in a quiet section of Columbus, Ga., and works six days a week at the V.V. Vick jewelry store, which is owned by his father-in-law.
Calley, 40 years old, is the store's most popular salesman.
He married Penny Vick in 1976, and the couple have a son, William Laws Calley 3d, who was 3 last month.
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 Guide Introduction: The Peers Inquiry of the Massacre at My Lai
Calley ordered his men to round up all of the civilians to the center of the hamlet.
Either Calley opened fire or was fired upon, in which case his men did the same--into the civilians.
Lieutenant William Calley was found guilty of murder while all the others were either acquitted or had charges dismissed.
www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/military_history/vietnam/mylai.asp   (2235 words)

  
 Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying » My Lai Revisited: Getting Away With Murder
William Calley gathered about 80 civilians near a drainage ditch on the edge of the village.
Calley ordered his platoon to throw the old men, women and children into the ditch.
In March 1971 Lt. Calley was convicted by a military court martial of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
www.docstrangelove.com /2006/06/01/my-lai-revisited-getting-away-with-murder   (1591 words)

  
 William Calley information - Search.com
Calley worked at a number of jobs after failing college as a dishwasher, insurance investigator and train conductor.
Calley petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus on Feb. 11, 1974, which was granted on September 25, 1974, along with immediate release, by federal judge J. Robert Elliott.
Calley still resides in the Columbus, Georgia area today and is the manager of a local jewelry store.
www.search.com /reference/William_Calley   (972 words)

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