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ellisonz

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Mon Feb 13, 2012, 04:17 AM Feb 2012

Secret documents lift lid on WWII mutiny by US troops in north Queensland

By Josh Bavas
Updated February 10, 2012 13:24:42

An Australian historian has uncovered hidden documents which reveal that African American troops used machine guns to attack their white officers in a siege on a US base in north Queensland in 1942.

Information about the Townsville mutiny has never been released to the public.

But the story began to come to light when James Cook University's Ray Holyoak first began researching why US congressman Lyndon B Johnson visited Townsville for three days back in 1942.

What he discovered was evidence detailing one of the biggest uprisings within the US military.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-10/historian-reveals-details-on-townsville-mutiny/3821906?section=qld


There is supposedly a report on the incident by Robert Sherrod that was never filed.
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Secret documents lift lid on WWII mutiny by US troops in north Queensland (Original Post) ellisonz Feb 2012 OP
Some more info... KeepItReal Feb 2012 #1

KeepItReal

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1. Some more info...
Mon Feb 13, 2012, 07:23 AM
Feb 2012

"After some serial abuse by two white US officers, there was several ringleaders and they decided to machine gun the tents of the white officers," Mr Holyoak said.

See also: Fragging:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

Really interested in the what verdicts were rendered. I can see why they would bury this event.

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