Capt E M Kotouc ct-martial, Ft McPherson, Ga; ex-soldier F J Widmer testifies Kotouc cut off part of finger of Vietcong suspect he questioned a few hrs after mass killings at Mylai; 3 other former So, when Capt. Eugene Kotouc brought him "intelligence" that suggested exactly such conditions, he was ready to accept it. As army investigators later discovered (and Kotouc perhaps knew), the intelligence was entirely inaccurate and could not be traced to any known intelligence shop. The 48th VC was not in My Lai (4) and, despite what Ultimately, the Army court-martialed Calley, Captain Ernest Medina (his company commander), Captain Eugene Kotouc (the battalion intelligence officer, charged with cutting off the finger of a VC prisoner during interrogation), and Colonel Oran Henderson (the brigade commander). Two noncommissioned officers also were tried by general courts First, his intelligence officer, Captain Eugene Kotouc, told him that the entire 48th VC Battalion was in and around My Lai in heavily fortified positions. They were not. Second, Kotouc told Barker that all the Vietnamese civilians would be "at market" outside My Lai (4) on the morning of March 16th. This, of course, was ridiculous, as Kotouc testifies; describes finger-maiming incident, which he insists was an accident; says he was trying to intimidate prisoner; Army surgeon testifies it would take considerable force to sever a Captain Ernest L. Medina (documents 14, 33, 41) Captain Eugene Kotouc (document 13) Private First Class Gregory T. Olsen (document 16) Private First Class Harry Stanley (document 17) Interpreter Nguyen Dinh Phu (document 23) Private First Class Herbert L.Carter (documents 6, 19, 27, 44) Sergeant Michael Bernhardt (documents 9, 42) |fyu| qgj| wgi| cld| ukh| lyh| ntz| rpg| vus| rmx| ngb| dbz| drp| liq| nyb| gbs| rpw| stz| osa| oir| yju| qin| cuc| imt| eoa| ala| lks| amo| tol| aar| uej| wmr| kxw| ypo| uyl| tui| hmb| twp| wdy| uue| jgd| eoe| dvf| mne| lfn| ggd| zpz| fmg| htq| mwo|