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All Things Considered: author Jack Hamann interview, National Public Radio, May 22, 2005 All Things Considered: author Jack Hamann interview, National Public Radio, December 2, 2007 Army reverses conviction of World War II vets, National Public Radio, December 26, 2007 Fort Lawton convictions overturned six decades later, National Public Radio, May 26, 2008 Weekend America: New history for an old lynching, American Public Media, July 26, 2008 Wrongly convicted WWII vets cleared, honored, National Public Radio, August 5, 2008 |
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MEDIA COVERAGE OF ON AMERICAN SOIL |
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AUGUST 5, 2008 WRONGLY CONVICTED WWII VETS CLEARED, HONORED By Tony Cox 64 years — that's how long Samuel Snow waited for vindication. He and 27 other African-American soldiers were wrongly convicted for a 1944 riot that left an Italian POW dead. Last month, the Army held a ceremony to apologize to those World War II vets and affirm their honorable discharges. But Snow received word from his hospital bed and died just hours later. He was 84. NPR's Tony Cox pays tribute to Snow and all those soldiers, whose names have finally been cleared. We get insight from Jack Hamann and Lashell Drake. Hamann wrote the book On American Soil, which prompted an Army review of the convictions. Drake is the granddaughter of Booker Townsell. His case set the precedent for the Army's exoneration.
Audio of report (8 minutes, 16 seconds) |