Army pays $725 in set-aside WWII case, The New York Times, December 1, 2007

Wrongly-convicted WWII vet dies after apology, The New York Times, July 30, 2008

1944 conviction of black GIs is ruled flawed, The New York Times, October 27, 2007

OCTOBER 23, 2008

By William Yardley
The New York Times

The widow of a soldier wrongly convicted in a court-martial 64 years ago in Seattle will receive $27,580 in back pay that her husband was denied while serving time in an Army prison after the conviction, according to the office of Senator Bill Nelson of Florida. Samuel Snow was among 28 African-American soldiers wrongly convicted in 1944 after a riot at Fort Lawton coincided with the death of an Italian prisoner of war. Mr. Snow, who moved to Florida after World War II, died in July, just hours after the Army formally apologized to him and the other soldiers and their families. Margaret Snow, Mr. Snow’s widow, will receive what Mr. Nelson’s office said was $725 in back pay that Mr. Snow was denied, compounded at a 6 percent annual interest rate for more than 60 years. Only one of the 27 other soldiers is known to be alive, and only a handful of the soldier’s families have requested the formal review necessary to receive reimbursement.