Cover-up of Townsville mutiny: black GIs turned on officers

The Australian ^ | 11th February 2012 | Jamie Walker

[jmax]

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We had our own....Camp Logan (Houston, TX) in 1917.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Riot_(1917)

Very interesting for those who were not aware.

[RedMDer]

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[goat granny]

I thought Truman desegregated the military

[gunner03]

On a side note, what ever happened to that soldier who fragged the tent at the beginning of the Iraq invasion?

[jmax]

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me = DUH !!!!!!!

Link to Wikipedia

[PLMerite]

“They try to suggest that Pvt. Slovik was the only one, but this is not the case.”

Slovik was supposedly the only soldier executed for desertion, but many were executed for murder, rape, etc. [Don’t ask what the ‘etc.’ includes, I’m just covering the bases.]

[naturalman1975]

I thought Truman desegregated the military

He signed the order in 1948, but in a large organisation such reorganisation takes time. It wasn't until 1954 that the process was completed.

[blueunicorn6]

30,000 rounds and they didn’t hit anyone? The movie won’t be called THE TUSKEGEE MARKSMEN.

[21twelve]

“...expended 30,000 rounds of machine gun ammo. Luckily no one was hurt but they were after the white officers.”

Agreed on the lucky no one got hurt. But talk about needing more range time!

[Bob]

The 96th Engineers, a negro battalion, had a mutiny a few months back and expended 30,000 rounds of machine gun ammo. Luckily no one was hurt but they were after the white officers."

How in the world can one possibly fire 30,000 rounds and not hit anyone?

[goat granny]

thanks for the info

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[calex59]

They try to suggest that Pvt. Slovik was the only one, but this is not the case.

Pvt. Slovik was the only SHOT, nothing is said about the only one to be executed, at least not in the texts I have read.

[wally_bert]

Sounds like a season or two of the A-Team.

[wally_bert]

Sounds like a season or two of the A-Team.

[GreenLanternCorps]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy

[SatinDoll]

My family, too, knew someone who survived the Bataan march.

The man was highly critical of MacArthur, saying the General evacuated his furniture rather than Army nurses, leaving them to the Japanese.

[itsahoot]

Roswell Mexico.