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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Army is in the house to play Indiana. Really, what better team to watch on a Veterans Day weekend than the Black Knights from West Point, and honor the challenge of their task? This day, nearly every day. They have come to play the Indiana Hoosiers, who dwell in something of a […]
The U.S. Army on Monday set aside the court-martial convictions from a century ago of 110 African American soldiers, including 19 who were executed, saying they were denied fair trials in a landmark acknowledgement of official racism in America. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records overturned the convictions, restoring their service records as […]
U.S. Army overturns convictions of Black soldiers convicted after 1917 Houston riots – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. Army overturned the convictions of 110 Black soldiers stemming from the 1917 Houston riot, which broke out following months of abuse from the Houston Police Department. Following the riot and court martials, 19 of the […]
A U.S army badge is seen on the arm of a soldier during the Dynamic Front 22 Multinational Integrated Fires Exercise organised by the 56th Artillery Command and multinational allies and NATO partners at the training area in Grafenwoehr, Germany July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
On Dec. 11, 1917, Pfc. Thomas C. Hawkins and 12 other Black soldiers who had been convicted of mutiny and other crimes during a riot in Houston earlier that year were hanged. It was the single largest mass execution of American soldiers by the Army. On Monday, more than a century later, the Army said […]
The U.S. Army has set aside the convictions of 110 Black soldiers who were arrested following the 1917 Houston Riots. The armed forces branch approved a recommendation, made by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records, that the soldiers’ courts-martial convictions be set aside, the Army’s Public Affairs office announced in a news release […]
Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry United States of America on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston, Texas August 23, 1917. Trial held in Gift Chapel Fort Sam Houston. Trial started November 1, 1917, Brigadier General George K. Hunter presiding. Colonel J.A. Hull, Judge Advocate, Council […]
The MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a refueling training mission when it crashed off the coast of Cyprus late Friday, officials said The Pentagon has dispatched commando teams – including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 – to the region to stand-by for hostage rescues in the Gaza Strip The helicopter was from the […]
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers — 19 of whom were executed — after they were found guilty of murder, mutiny and assault after a riot during the summer of 1917. Deputy Secretary of the Army Michael Mahoney directed the Army Review Boards Agency to “set aside” the […]
More than a century has passed since 110 Black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan were convicted of mutiny, murder and assault in the 1917 Houston Riot, with 19 of them executed at Fort Sam Houston. Now those convictions have been overturned. Deputy Secretary of the Army Michael Mahoney has directed the Army Review Boards Agency […]