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Specifically, members of the Democratic Black Caucus repeatedly heard that black troops: 1) receive a disproportionately low number of honorable discharges and are more widely subject to pretrial confinement; 2) suffer harassment and intimidation for wearing Afro hair styles or Black Power symbols; 3) fail to win key command positions over less qualified whites; 4) get the most dangerous combat jobs in Viet Nam if they show signs of black militancy; and 5) often receive indifferent medical attention there while in the field...
Butting up against the heel of the Appalachian Mountains near Anniston, Ala., Fort McClellan appears to be the most placid of military bases. It is pastorally appointed with sweeping greensward, tall stands of shortleaf pine and pleasing arrangements of whitewashed command buildings fronted by old-fashioned verandas. It is a small post, with slightly more than 5,000 people. But McClellan is unique in that 2,000 of those are WACs; it is the largest WAC base in the world. What is more, 20% of the WACs are black. More than any other single factor, that probably accounts...
...list of black grievances was submitted to the race-relations officer; they revolved mainly around a few alleged white bigots in command positions, recreational facilities and dress regulations relating to Afros and dashikis. Although many of the complaints were dealt with over the same weekend that the uprising occurred, a muttering mob began to congregate on the athletic field Monday morning. At least 150 black men and women had assembled by the time Colonel McKean arrived with two carloads of brass, as requested by the blacks. It was a doomed colloquy. A white race-relations officer and a black major...
Henderson had become commander of the Americal Division's llth Infantry Brigade just one day before the assault on My Lai. Two days later, after hearing reports from helicopter pilots of indiscriminate killing in the hamlet, Henderson visited Medina in the field. Medina was commander of Charlie Company and Lieut. William Galley's immediate superior. Although Medina's platoon leaders had told him that at least 106 Vietnamese had been killed, Medina told Henderson that the casualties had numbered just 20 to 28 civilians-all killed by artillery and helicopter gunship fire. Testified Medina: "I didn...
...stunning admission seriously undermines the Army's case against Henderson, who is the highest-ranking officer to be brought to trial in connection with the My Lai murders. Henderson, his lawyers contended, tried to investigate the rumors of slaughter but was misled by officers under his command. Medina's testimony obviously strengthened that contention...