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Charge two GIs in My Lai affairWASHINGTON lt;UPI —IT* Array hat charged (wo more soldiers with premeditated morder in the alleged My La massacre. The two w ere also charged of committing sex crimes during the incident in which scores of South Vietnamese civilians reportedly died.Sgt Charter E. Hutto, 21, Tallulah. La., was charged with premeditated murder, rape and assault with intent to commit murder. Pvt. Gerald A. Smith. 22, Chicago, was charged with premeditated murder and -indecent assault on a Vietnamese woman.Both were charged only five days before their tour of duly was to have eoded. It was the first tune sex crimes have bccD mentioned since My Lai became an International issre.The court-rr.aitlal manual describes indecent assault as the taking by a man of Indecent, fcwd or lascivious liberties with the person of a female not his wife without hor consent and against her will, with intent to gratify his lust or sexual desires.'Lt. William L. CaBey, 28. Wayoesville, N.C., was chargedlast year- with the murder of 109 civilian* during a sweep of My Lai March 16, 1968. S.Sgt. David Mitchell, 29, St. Fraocis-nlle, La., has been charged with assault with intent to commit murder against » Vietnamese.Smish and Mitchell were both members of the platoon led by Calley st My Lai. Hutto was a machine gun team leader hi another platoon that day.Smith Is now assigned to Ft. Riley, Kan , Hutto to Ft Lewis, Wash. Mitchell to Ft. Hood,Tex., and Calley to Ft. Benning,Ga.Smith, a Negro with an lllh grade education, and Hutto, a white with a junior high school education, face an Article 32 investigation, the military equivalent of a grand Jury hearing. If the investigation uphold* the charges both men will 'ace courts-martialBoth men were due to end their three-year enlistments Tuesday but Array regulations allow men held In service when Ibcy are charged or under investigation.
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1970
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