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I liked Jimmy Carter in retrospect, but he was no saint. > Many in the United States were outraged by what they perceived to be an overly harsh sentence for Ca
by sitkack 2y ago
I liked Jimmy Carter in retrospect, but he was no saint.
> Many in the United States were outraged by what they perceived to be an overly harsh sentence for Calley. Georgia's Governor, Jimmy Carter, future President of the United States, instituted American Fighting Man's Day, and asked Georgians to drive for a week with their lights on.
William Calley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley
My Lai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre
NYT piece from 1976 with quotes from Carter https://archive.is/yx1qs https://archive.is/yx1qs