The Jewish War Veterans issued a statement today appealing to President Nixon to give “prompt consideration of a grant of clemency” to Lt. William P. Calley Jr., who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the mass slayings of Vietnamese civilians. The statement issued by JWV National Commander Albert Schlossberg read: “Lt. Calley must not be used as a symbol and convenient diversion to obscure the much greater issues of morality and responsibility inherent in the chain of command. Nor should the members of the court at Fort Benning he blindly condemned for having carried out their duty consistent with high military tradition.”
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