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| This Slideshow Was Produced For The January 19th, 2008 Event In Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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WHO KILLED ITALIAN PRISONER OF WAR GUGLIELMO OLIVOTTO?
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; and
(3) the only person with the means, motive and opportunity to lynch Private Olivotto was Clyde Lomax, a white MP.
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. |
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ON AMERICAN SOIL is an important book and a fascinating read. This book should be put in the hands every student of history |
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