My Lai Massacre

This story starts out with Calley talking about his trial. He receives orders and a plane ticket and was told he was going to Washington, D.C. In Washington Calley is met and questioned the Chief of Staff. He later finds out that he’s being questioned for murder at My Lai 4. Word gets out to the media about his actions and he receives loads and loads of letters. He received many letters from past …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…t right, and he’ll still be sickened by it. War is all politics and no one really understands what it is like to be in a war unless you’ve been there. In war it’s kill or be killed. Calley says twice in his book, that he isn’t the smartest man, and that’s why when it comes to politics, we have a President, and he stands behind the President’s choice.