Posted on Apr 22, 2015
Was Lt. Calley Guilty Of Murder In The My Lai Massacre, Or Was He A Scape Goat
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I watch our local PBS station and last night the story of The My Lai massacre was on. I'm still out on whether Lt. Calley was a scape goat or guilty of murder. The video starts off slow, but does finally get to the story. Warning: This video has graphic content. The video link is
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This case of Lt. Calley happened during my era in Vietnam and until this day I think he was used to quiet the public outrage. If you were a platoon leader and gave a direct order to kill innocent men, women and children, would you or would something click in your head that says something is wrong here? It is so difficult to believe that he had that kind of power and influence to commit such an act as this, somebody else had to be at fault. The responsibility goes up and down the chain of command.
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SFC Arthur Tucker
From everything that I read about it I believe he was used as a scape goat as well. As I remember there was a SSGT that was there and he said that was the case.
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Lt. Calley was guilty of Murder in the My Lai Massacre, but he was made the Scape Goat for others who knew what was happening and did nothing....
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Everyone above his rank and everyone below his rank were guilty of either ordering it done or doing it under his orders. You know what rolls down hill, and it stopped with Calley. He got a raw deal. If he had disobeyed orders, he would have been brought up on insubordination and failing to follow orders charges, during wartime, and probably still sent to prison. So,it was a lose, lose situation for him, although he wouldn't have to live with all of those murders of women and kids.
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SSG Audwin Scott
Clearly a Scape Goat, no way in hell a LT alone does that alone without anyone else knowing about it.
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I just finished reading about this in James Perone's "Songs of the Vietnam Conflict." They meantioned little about the massacre other than he was involved in it and served 20 years.
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SFC Arthur Tucker
SGT Karen Riggle - Where did you see the movie? I would like to see what they have to say.
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SFC Arthur Tucker
SGT Karen Riggle - Thanks, I was hoping that it may be on Netflix or something where I might get my hands on it.
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My Lai Four - Massacre at My Lai Four 2011 Trailer
My Lai Four, a movie about the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. Here s the blurb: Freely adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Seymour Hersh, this film ...
This might help: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QtPMBrr8Qbw
There are several videos from different perspectives about My Lai
There are several videos from different perspectives about My Lai
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SFC Arthur Tucker
Because of the NCO that was with him and his statements. Very often back then there were young troops that would get together to try screwing over their superior NCOs and officers if they did not like them. Probably still do. I am thankful that I served in a unit where we did not have to face much of that. They had to be grown-ups to be in it.
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