UNITED STATES ARMY CAPTAIN ERNEST MEDINA DENIED ON WEDNESDAY (1 APRIL) A CHARGE -- MADE ONLY A FEW HOURS EARLIER -- THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREMEDITATED MURDER OF ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE CITIZENS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE MY LAI INCIDENT IN MARCH, 1968.
Captain Ernest Medina, one of the United States Army officers charged with murder in the "Pinkville Massacre" at the South Vietnam hamlet of My Lai on March 16, 1968, returned to his home of Montrose, Colorado on Thursday (August 13) in search of character witnesses.
The court martial of Lieutenant William Calley, accused of being implicated in the massacre of civilians in the South Vietnamese village of My Lai in 1968, was adjourned yesterday (Thursday, 17 December) for three weeks.