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O'Brien chose to not use the exact wording from the trial in order to move the plot of the book forward and to have more control over what is said and not said against Lt. Calley and the other soldiers.

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"Proclaimed by much of the public as a “scapegoat,” Calley was paroled by President Richard Nixon in 1974 after having served about a third of his 10-year sentence" (history.com)

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"this subcommittee will studiously avoid any efforts to fix criminal
responsibility for the death of any civilians at My Lai 4 on March 16,
1968, resulting from the operation of Task Force Barker" (Investigation of the My Lai Incident).

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"He (John) jumped into the sunlight, fell flat, found himself alone in the paddy" (O'Brien).

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"a massacre of Vietnamese civilians, including women and children, at My Lai 4, a cluster of hamlets that made up Son My village" (history.com)

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The My Lai Massacre Is Retold By Only Survivor

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"Q: What were your orders?
A: Kill anything that breathed.
- Salvatore LaMartina" (O'Brien).

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Many soldiers reflected on how they did not know what was happening or why they were killing, and could barley recall many details.

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The actual quotes used in the evidence chapters of In the Lake of the Woods are not accurate through the words chosen but the general ideas presented are similar.

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Many responses to the questions was "I don't know", which was said 252 times total in the actual transcript of the court martial.

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"Q: How many people were in the ditch?
A: I don't know, sir. -William Calley" (O'Brien).

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The context of the quotes from In the Lake of the Woods is accurate to the responses of the soldiers during the court martial.

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He was charged guilty of the murder of 22 Vietnamese citizens and sentenced life in prison; but was reduced to 20 years by the Court of Military Appeals and further reduced later to 10 years by the Secretary of the Army.

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The court martial was the court hearing of many soldiers present at the My Lai massacre and included their views on what happened that day and why they killed so many innocent people.

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The main character John Wade fought in the Vietnam War and was present during My Lia, he interacts with Lt. Calley before the massacre.

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Former United States Army Officer who ordered the murders of My Lai and killed 22 innocent Vietnamese citizens himself.

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My Lai was the brutal attack and murder of hundreds of innocent Vietnamese citizens in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968.

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How accurate is In the Lake of the Woods?

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How accurate is In the Lake of the Woods?