As President Trump considers pardons for war criminals, a look at back at the case of Lt. William Calley, the only soldier convicted in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
Flanked by two military police officers, 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. leaves court at Fort Benning, Ga., after he was sentenced to life in prison in April 1971. By Ian Shapira Ian Shapira Enterprise reporter covering the Washington region and beyond Email Bio Follow May 25 at 7:00 AM On the morning of March 16, 1968, William L. Calley Jr., a 24-year-old Army lieutenant, woke up in Vietnam and prepared for an attack that would end in a slaughter.
Despite a lengthy coverup, Calley was eventually charged, court-martialed at Fort Benning, Ga., convicted of murdering at least 22 people and sentenced in 1971 to life in prison. But President Richard Nixon intervened on his behalf, sparing him from severe penalty. Nixon refused to allow Calley’s transfer to the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., then sprung him from Fort Benning’s stockade and ordered him placed under house arrest at his apartment on base.
Army Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn is being investigated for alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan in 2010. Trump already has pardoned Michael Behenna, an Army Ranger who served five years after he stripped an al-Qaeda detainee naked, interrogated him, then shot him to death in the middle of the Iraqi desert in 2008.
Veterans and supporters of the Vietnam War believed Calley was simply carrying out orders and doing all he could to protect himself and the country. American Legion posts, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups organized rallies demanding presidential clemency.[Climbing Hamburger Hill 50 years after the Vietnam War’s brutal, haunting battle]
Pham Thanh Cong points in 2018 to a scar caused by shrapnel from a grenade blast during the My Lai Massacre. His mother and his four siblings were killed. He survived, protected underneath their bodies. Perhaps more than anything, people felt sorry for Calley.
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