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The Vietnam War Song Project has identified over 100 songs about Lt. Calley and the Mỹ Lai massacre, with music historian Justin Brummer writing in History Today that "The most well-known song defending Calley was the ‘Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley’ (1971), by Terry Nelson, which sold over one million copies". [1]
The single, entitled "Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley", was a spoken-word recording with a musical background which defended William Calley and the massacre at My Lai, for which Calley was court-martialed in 1970–71. Originally issued on a small local label, Quickit Records, [2] it was reissued nationally on Plantation Records in April 1971.
Over 100 songs were released about the My Lai massacre and Lt. William Calley, identified by the Vietnam War Song Project. [171] During the war years (from 1969 to 1973), pro-Calley songs outnumbered anti-Calley songs 2–1, according to the research collected by Justin Brummer, the founding editor of the Vietnam War Song Project. [172]
Second Lt. William Calley waits for a verdict from a court-martial panel in 1971. ... a popular song based on “The Battle Hymn of The Republic” — “The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley” — sold ...
William Laws Calley Jr. (June 8, 1943 – April 28, 2024) was a United States Army officer convicted by court-martial of the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by President Richard Nixon three days
William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American ...
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The New York Times, citing Social Security Administration death records, also reported Calley's death. Calls to numbers listed for Calley's son, William L. Calley III, were not returned. American ...