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Christopher Levesque

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
309 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

We have a picture that looks like that. It, to me, reads more as people on a road rather than people in a ditch. But it gives that same type of impression.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

We have a picture that looks like that. It, to me, reads more as people on a road rather than people in a ditch. But it gives that same type of impression.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

We have a picture that looks like that. It, to me, reads more as people on a road rather than people in a ditch. But it gives that same type of impression.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

He's not the only one who's tried. He's the only one who's convicted. Oh, okay. Captain Medina was also tried. An enlisted soldier was also tried.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

He's not the only one who's tried. He's the only one who's convicted. Oh, okay. Captain Medina was also tried. An enlisted soldier was also tried.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

He's not the only one who's tried. He's the only one who's convicted. Oh, okay. Captain Medina was also tried. An enlisted soldier was also tried.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

But the reason it all falls apart is that at Captain Medina's trial, where he was acquitted, the military judge running the trial, the court-martial, told that no one who had testified before Congress, but during the congressional investigations, could testify at Medina's trial.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

But the reason it all falls apart is that at Captain Medina's trial, where he was acquitted, the military judge running the trial, the court-martial, told that no one who had testified before Congress, but during the congressional investigations, could testify at Medina's trial.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

But the reason it all falls apart is that at Captain Medina's trial, where he was acquitted, the military judge running the trial, the court-martial, told that no one who had testified before Congress, but during the congressional investigations, could testify at Medina's trial.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

And because there were essentially then no witnesses that could be used, there was a lack of evidence and Medina was acquitted. Part of the reason for that is that the chair of the Armed Services Committee and the congressman who ran the congressional investigation refused to release the transcripts of the witnesses who testified in their investigation.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

And because there were essentially then no witnesses that could be used, there was a lack of evidence and Medina was acquitted. Part of the reason for that is that the chair of the Armed Services Committee and the congressman who ran the congressional investigation refused to release the transcripts of the witnesses who testified in their investigation.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

And because there were essentially then no witnesses that could be used, there was a lack of evidence and Medina was acquitted. Part of the reason for that is that the chair of the Armed Services Committee and the congressman who ran the congressional investigation refused to release the transcripts of the witnesses who testified in their investigation.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

All of the witnesses had testified in an executive session. It was closed. So their testimony wasn't released. And this military judge said, well, if we can't have that testimony, we're not going to allow those witnesses. And that's where it all falls apart. The public mood. Was very, very against not only the trials, but Callie's conviction. What was he charged with?

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

All of the witnesses had testified in an executive session. It was closed. So their testimony wasn't released. And this military judge said, well, if we can't have that testimony, we're not going to allow those witnesses. And that's where it all falls apart. The public mood. Was very, very against not only the trials, but Callie's conviction. What was he charged with?

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

All of the witnesses had testified in an executive session. It was closed. So their testimony wasn't released. And this military judge said, well, if we can't have that testimony, we're not going to allow those witnesses. And that's where it all falls apart. The public mood. Was very, very against not only the trials, but Callie's conviction. What was he charged with?

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

Callie was charged with murder. And the phrase they used was Vietnamese human beings. And he was eventually convicted of 22 counts.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

Callie was charged with murder. And the phrase they used was Vietnamese human beings. And he was eventually convicted of 22 counts.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

Callie was charged with murder. And the phrase they used was Vietnamese human beings. And he was eventually convicted of 22 counts.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

Just him. Some people do get some reductions in rank, but not as the result of trials. Samuel Coaster, the commanding officer of the 23rd Infantry Division, received a reduction in rank from major general to brigadier general. He resigned his position as superintendent of West Point during the hearings. He was eventually cleared, but he kept that reduction in rank.

American History Hit
Vietnam: The My Lai Massacre

Just him. Some people do get some reductions in rank, but not as the result of trials. Samuel Coaster, the commanding officer of the 23rd Infantry Division, received a reduction in rank from major general to brigadier general. He resigned his position as superintendent of West Point during the hearings. He was eventually cleared, but he kept that reduction in rank.