William Calley Quotes

born 1943

William Laws Calley Jr. (June 8, 1943-April 28, 2024) is an American war criminal and a former United States Army officer convicted by court-martial for the premeditated killings of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the Mỹ Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by President Richard Nixon three days after his conviction.

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It's odd about war crimes. We seem to have tried people only if they've lost the war.

Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (1971)

In war, the dead people don't cry. The ones who are still alive do.

Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (1971)

A village is the last damned place to RON: to remain overnight in. There would be Vietnamese all around us. Old mamasan might come with an AK-47 to show us whose hooch we were really in, with a VC battalion behind her.

Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (1971)

Our job," Medina said, "is to go in rapidly and to neutralize everything. Kill everything." "Captain Medina? Do you mean women and children, too?" "I mean everything."

Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (1971)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Calley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.