Congress to repay wrongfully accused African-American troops

Congress to repay wrongfully accused African-American troops
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/05/military_wrongfullyaccused_051508w/

{EXCERPT} , By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer Posted : Friday May 16, 2008
8:18:55
EDT

Twenty-three African American World War II soldiers who were wrongfully
convicted of murder are a step closer to financial restitution for their
dishonorable discharges and jail time.

Following the Senate’s lead, the House Armed Services Committee also asked
that
cost-of-living and interest adjustments be added to the soldiers’ back pay
in
the committee’s version of the 2009 defense authorization bill.

In 1944, 43 black soldiers were tried in the hanging death of an Italian
prisoner of war, Pvt. Guglielmo

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