The Fort Hood Three Defense Committee announced September 30 that the U.S. Court of Military Appeals turned down the request for a review of convictions of the Fort Hood Three.
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Defense Grows For Fort Hood Three
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
Support for the Fort Hood Three, the three GI’s who refused to be transferred to Vietnam, is growing rapidly (see Fifth Estate August 15). A Defense Committee, set up to assist the men, has leaflets, pamphlets and buttons available on …
Appeals Set for Fort Hood Three
by Evelyn Kirsch
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
The court-martials for the three GIs who have refused to go to Vietnam began on September 6. All three were convicted—Pvt. David Samas and Pfc. James Johnson to five years at hard labor, forfeiture of pay and dishonorable discharges, and …
‘Inhuman Treament’ Charged by Families of Fort Hood Three
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
Last month the Fort Hood Three were convicted and sentenced to prison terms of three years for Mora; and five years for Samas and Johnson. The Fort Hood Three, to perhaps refresh a few memories, are Pvt. Dennis Mora, Pvt. …
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The Fort Hood Three: An American Tragedy
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
“Conscience is a costly thing, and I am paying dearly for the rights to my mind. Five years a cement wall and cold iron bars… is the price I am paying for real freedom. If it must be this way, …
Fort Hood Three Has Prison Terms Lowered
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
As the result of an appeal brought on June 23 of the court-martial of the Fort Hood Three, Pvt. First Class Jimmy Johnson, Pvt. David Samas and Pvt. Dennis Mora, the sentences of Jimmy Johnson and Pvt. David Samas were …
Fort Hood 3 Found Guilty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
The Fort Hood Three—the three GI’s who refused to serve in Vietnam—were tried last week by a court martial board and found guilty. Pvt. Dennis Moras received a three year sentence at hard labor and Pvt. David Samas and PFC …
Fort Hood GIs Revolt
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968
KILLEEN, TEXAS—More than 160 black soldiers from Fort Hood refused to take part in riot control operations in Chicago.
For Ft. Hood 3, Prison Conditions Improve
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
The shocking prison treatment of the Fort Hood Three, the three GIs who refused to go to Vietnam, has improved slightly as a result of the publicity of their situation and a flood of letters to government and Army authorities. …
Ft. Hood 3 Sent to Leavenworth
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 19, December 1-15, 1966
PFC James Johnson, Pvt. David Samas, and Pvt. Dennis Mora, three antiwar GIs court-martialed two months ago refusing to go to Vietnam have been transferred from Ft. Meade, Md., to the federal military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Brass Boiling over Fort Wayne Exposé
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
The brass at Fort Wayne have taken their revenge for Spec. 4 Jerry Brown’s criticism of induction center medical examinations. Brown was given 36 hours to leave the post after an article appeared in the last issue of this paper …
Anti-War Soldier’s Hearing Begins
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
The Fort Hood Three Defense Committee announced that civil liberties attorneys Stanley Faulkner and Selma Samols went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Dec. 13, to argue once again, in the case of Pvt. Robert …
Fort Dix Trial
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
FORT DIX, N.J. (LNS)—The Army has decided to take three years of Jeffrey Russell’s life. “It’s a total fraud,” says one establishment reporter.
Fort Dix Stockade
by Sheila Ryan
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
Editors’ Note: The following article was written last April by LNS staffer Sheila Ryan. The deplorable conditions she describes led to a massive stockade revolt at the base in June which was put down with severe brutality. Many of the …
Anti-War GIs Face Trial, Court Martial
by Louie Collins
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
Can the Army brass deny a GI his constitutional rights to hold and express ideas differing from those held by the administration in Washington—including ideas in direct opposition to the Vietnam war?
Victory at Fort Dix
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
FORT DIX, N.J.—The court-martial of Pvt. Terry Klug is over. He is the GI who the Ft. Dix brass had singled out as the “ringleader” in the now famous stockade rebellion on that base last June. The surprise verdict: Not …
GI Sues to Stop Viet Transfer
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
(Washington) — Robert Luftig, 22, a soldier from New York City, Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block the Defense Department from sending him to Vietnam.
Fort Dix Riot Trial Starts
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
But in two days of court martial proceedings (Nov. 4 and 5), the Army has been able to get only two scared young GIs—both of whom admit having been threatened with charges of their own if they refused to help …
Black GIs Convicted
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
FORT HOOD, Tex.—A court-martial found five black soldiers, including two Detroiters, guilty of refusing to obey an order growing out of a demonstration against possible anti-riot duty at the Democratic National Convention. The specific charge was failing to report for …
Letters To The Editors
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
To the Editor: The article in your last issue—”Playboy’s Tinseled Seductress”—I liked [FE #17, November 1-15, 1966]. The pointing out Playboy’s magnificent superficiality was, I thought, sound and much needed. But the conclusion!—ugh!—that the marriage institution suffers thereby—that “somehow …