|
WHO KILLED ITALIAN PRISONER OF WAR
GUGLIELMO OLIVOTTO?
A note from Jack Hamman to the Townsell Family after
the historicJanuary 19, 2008 memorial event.
While researching their award-winning book, On American Soil, journalists Jack and Leslie Hamann spent years locating primary documents prepared by those who were directly involved in the Fort Lawton incident before, during and immediately after the lynching.
The Hamanns uncovered extensive compelling evidence that:
(1) Guglielmo Olivotto was lynched (his death was not a suicide)
(2) there is no credible indication whatsoever he was lynched by a black solider
(3) the only person with the means, motive and opportunity to lynch Private Olivotto was Clyde Lomax, a white MP.
|
|
|
(4) Booker Townsell never left his barracks, proving he could have never been involved in the riot.
A careful reading of the October 26, 2007 ruling of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records shows that the board reached the same conclusions, even mentioning Pvt. Lomax by name. Its decision was a result of more than a year of independent Army research, which itself followed an extensive vetting by a lawyer (and Army JAG officer) for the House Armed Services Committee.
|
| ...................................................................................................... |
|
Sen. Nelson and Congressman McDermott introduced legislation to amend the dark chapter of American history by providing a just settlement for African-American soldiers wrongly convicted after an incident at Fort Lawton during World War II. |
|
...................................................................................................... |
|
|
Join Our E-Blast Mailing List |
OOPS! You forgot to upload swfobject.js ! You must upload this file for your form to work. |
Testimonies [Read]
Request A Speaker [see form]
|
|
|
|
