Atrocity Cover Up Charged by Lt Col Herbert
Lt Col Anthony B Herbert says he filed dereliction of duty charges against Maj Gen John Barnes and Col J Ross Franklin for covering up murders and tortures of civilians in Vietnam during a 58 day period in 1969. He alleges failure to report investigations and says both men called him a liar and relieved him of command.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Anthony B. Herbert
Army
Vietnam
Herbert
John Barnes
Office of Research and Development
Washington
J. Ross Franklin
Franklin
My Lai
Barnes
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Minister's Son Safe Bullet Didn't Go Off
In Manor Georgia the Gunn family learns their 20 year old son Bobby, a helicopter pilot, survived a Laos rescue mission after a .51 caliber round ripped through his helmet but did not detonate. Doctors say the injury will heal in days and Bobby keeps the spent bullet as a memento. The Rev Rayford Gunn notes prayers carried the family through prior tours by brothers Larry and David aboard a destroyer and Steve with the Special Forces. Bobby's tour ends in August.
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Atlanta, Ga
Rayford Gunn
Church of God of Prophecy
South Georgia
Manor
Waycross
Gunn
Vietnam
Mr. Gunn
Estelle
Bobby
Laos
Gunns
Young Gunn
Ware County High School
Gann
Larry
David
Steve
Calley Jurors Hear Plea On Guilt Or Innocence
Six Army career officers begin deliberations in the William L. Calley Jr. murder case at Fort Benning. The defendant faces four murder specifications tied to the 1968 My Lai assault in Vietnam. Prosecutor Capt Aubrey Daniel sums the testimony as jurors weigh possible verdicts from first degree murder to acquittal. The trial focuses on whether Calley killed at least one, with the panel facing questions on the number of casualties and orders given.
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FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
Aubrey Daniel
Army
Calley
Daniel
Viet Pull Back Again as Laos Firebase Abandoned
South Vietnamese troops withdrew from Firebase Lolo near Sepone Laos under heavy fire. About 1,500 men of the 1st Infantry Division retreated to Landing Zone Brown after spiking artillery and navigating helicopter fire. U.S. bombers hit the base as Saigon denied the withdrawal while Pathet Lao claimed major attacks and helicopter losses.
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Lolo
Brown
Saigon
le Trung
Hien
Sophia
Viet Cong
Pathet Lao J
de Stroying
Pathet Lao
Sepone
U.S
Laos
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W.C
Bobby Gunn
South China Sea
Congressional
S. Viets
Penney
Penney Associates
Vannest & Manchester
McGee’s Supermarket
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Frigidaire
First Ave
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