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New York Times
Oct 23, 2008 Back pay for soldier's widow William Yardley
Jul 30, 2008

Wrongly convicted WWII vet dies after apology

William Yardley

Dec 1, 2007

William Yardley

Oct 27, 2007

William Yardley

National Public Radio Aug 5, 2008 News & Notes: 
Wrongly convicted WWII vets cleared, honored [author interview]
Tony Cox
Jul 26, 2008 Weekend America:
New history for an old lynching [author interview]
Liz Jones
May 26, 2008

News & Notes:
Fort Lawton convictions overturned six decades later

Farai Chideya

Dec 26, 2007

Tony Cox

Dec 2, 2007

Andrea Seabrook

May 22, 2005

Sheilah Kast

Los Angeles Times
Jul 28, 2008

WWII vet dies hours after Army apology

Kim Murphy
Jul 27, 2008

Justice, 64 years later

Kim Murphy
Jun 26, 2008 BOOKIT: 'On American Soil' big screen bound Josh Getlin

CNN

Dec 14, 2007

David Mattingly

Associated Press Oct 23, 2008 Veteran's family gets back pay with interest Mike Schneider
Jul 28, 2008 Day after apology, WWII vet dies
Jul 27, 2008 Army apologizes for WII convictions of black GIs
Jan 20, 2008

Black World War II veteran receives posthumous honors after military overturns court-martial

Emily Fredrix

Dec 5, 2007

Rory Marshall
Oct 27, 2007
Rory Marshall

PBS
Sep 5, 2005 The Tavis Smiley Show: author interview Tavis Smiley

ABC News
Oct 23, 2008 64 years later, Army repays wrongfully-convicted veteran Megan Chuchmach

WBEZ Chicago Public Radio
Aug 16, 2005 Eight Forty-Eight: author interview Sylvia Ewing

C-SPAN
Sep 3, 2005 Book TV: author lecture at Fort Lawton on WWII anniversary

Seattle Times Oct 29, 2010 Mending a monumental mistake Nicole Brodeur
Apr 28, 2009 This time, frame job is just Nicole Brodeur
Oct 24, 2008 Final payment delivered in case of wrongly-accused soldier Nicole Brodeur
Jul 29, 2008

Power of the human spirit

Nicole Brodeur
Jul 28, 2008

Fort Lawton veteran dies hours after Army's apology, honorable-discharge award

Sandi Doughton
Jul 27, 2008

Army apologizes to soldiers convicted after 1944 Fort Lawton riot

Keith Ervin
Jul 22, 2008 Italian POW and rumors put to rest Nicole Brodeur
Jul 15, 2008 Apologies to black soldiers Editorial Board
Jul 11, 2008 Bittersweet tribute to ex-soldiers Jonathan Martin
May 20, 2008 Old wrong in need of healing Nicole Brodeur
Feb 4, 2008 Law on back pay proposed in Fort Lawton case Alicia Mundy

Dec 4, 2007

Nicole Brodeur

Oct 27, 2007

Jonathan Martin

Oct 1, 2007

Alicia Mundy

Jun 14, 2006

Nicole Brodeur

May 29, 2005

Nicole Brodeur

Apr 24, 2005

Alex Fryer & 
Benjamin Benschneider

Mar 20, 2005

Mary Ann Gwinn

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Oct 15, 2008 Families of wrongly convicted soldiers given back pay Casey McNerthney
Jul 30, 2008

Help find the missing Fort Lawton soldiers

Casey McNerthney
Jul 28, 2008

Honored by his country at last, man accused in WWII lynching dies in peace

Casey McNerthney
Jul 28, 2008

Book provided evidence for exonerating Fort Lawton veterans

Casey McNerthney
Jul 28, 2008

Son of deceased, wrongly convicted Fort Lawton soldier speaks

Casey McNerthney
Jul 27, 2008

Samuel Snow – wrongly convicted Fort Lawton veteran – dies

Brad Wong
Jul 26, 2008

Court martialed in 1944, Fort Lawton veterans formally exonerated

Lisa Stiffler
Jul 26, 2008

Lesson of Fort Lawton mustn't be lost

Robert L. Jamieson
Jul 23, 2008 Apology 64 years in the making Casey McNerthney
Jun 20, 2008 Fort Lawton case: It's payback time Editorial Board
Jun 5, 2008 Save gas by checking out Seattle's rich history and stories Casey McNerthney

Nov 3, 2007

Robert L. Jamieson

Oct 28, 2007

Casey McNerthney

Oct 27, 2007

Robert L. Jamieson

Jun 10, 2006

John Marshall

May 26, 2005

Ted van Dyk

May 10, 2006

John Marshall

Village Voice
Apr 22, 2008 A Staten Island Trombonist breaks a 64-year silence about a military race riot Tony Ortega

Dallas Morning News

Dec 19, 2007

David Flick

Milwaukee Public Television
Feb 6, 2008

Black Nouveau: Soldier's Story

Faithe Colas


Orlando Sentinel
Oct 23, 2008 Widow of wrongly convicted World War II veteran to receive $28,305 Martin E. Comas
Oct 16, 2008 Army pays for old injustice Martin E. Comas
Jul 28, 2008

Leesburg veteran receives honorable discharge hours before death

Sara K. Clarke

Jan 24, 2008 Sen. Nelson Helps Veteran Martin E. Comas &
Adrian G. Uribarri

Dec 14, 2007

Martin E. Comas

Chicago Southtown Star
Oct 31, 2008 Justice delivered, 64 years later Guy Tridgell
Aug 17, 2008 Park Forest veteran vindicated 60 years later Guy Tridgell

Miami Herald
Oct 27, 2008 Back pay for widow Editorial Staff

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan 20, 2008 Injustice undone Meg Kissinger

Dec 2, 2007

Eugene Kane

St. Petersburg Times
Jul 29, 2008

His burden lifted, a soldier's life ends

John Barry

Nov 9, 2007

John Barry

Houston Press

Jun 22, 2006

Josh Harkinson

American History magazine
Apr 2008

When Justice Became a Casualty of War

Jack Hamann


AARP Bulletin
Mar 2008 What an outrage!: Vet shortchanged after wrongful imprisonment Blair S. Walker

Oct 16, 2008 Wrongly accused WWII troops to get back pay Kelly Kennedy
Jul 29, 2008

WWII vet lives long enough to see justice

Kelly Kennedy
May 19, 2008 Honor finally restored to 23 [sic] WWII soldiers Kelly Kennedy

KCBS Radio | San Francisco

Dec 1, 2007

Pentagon's court-martial mistake
Jane McMillan

Oct 27, 2007

Rewriting history
Jane McMillan

FOX News | Milwaukee
Feb 10, 2008 Honored at last Beverly Taylor

FOX News | Orlando

Feb 4, 2008

Veteran looking for justice

Keith Landry

Dec 15, 2007

Conviction overturned, WWII vet gets back pay

Holly Bristow


WMET | Washington, DC
May 19, 2005
The J.D. Balart Show (Washington, DC)
J.D. Balart

KCTS Public Television | Seattle
Nov 9, 2007
Enrique Cerna
May 5, 2005
Enrique Cerna

KING-5 News | Seattle
Nov 9, 2007 KING-5 News: Courts-Martial from 1944 Ft. Lawton Riots Overturned Don Porter
Aug 28, 2005 Up Front with Robert Mak: Setting the record straight Robert Mak
May 10, 2005 KING-5 News: On American Soil Linda Brill

KUOW public radio | Seattle
Jul 26, 2008

Fort Lawton Apology

Jason Pagano
Jul 25, 2008

Army Issues Apology to Fort Lawton Soldiers, 64 Years Later

Liz Jones
May 10, 2005 The Beat: author interview Dave Beck

KPLU public radio | Seattle
Apr 27, 2005 KPLU News: author interview Paula Wissel

Wisconsin Public Radio
Jan 18, 2008 Belated Honor Chuck Quirmbach

KOGO | San Diego
Nov 9, 2007 The Roger Hedgecock Show (San Diego) Roger Hedgecock

WMCS Radio | Milwaukee
Jul 15, 2008 The Cassandra McShepard Show (Milwaukee)

Cassandra McShepard

Jan 7, 2008 The Eric Von Show (Milwaukee) Eric Von

KSJL Radio | San Antonio
Aug 13, 2005 KSJL-AM San Antonio Community Roundtable Kathy Clay-Little

The Seattle Channel
Feb 21, 2008 CityStream: Murder mystery at Discovery Park Feliks Banel
May 10, 2005 Nancy Pearl interviews Jack Hamann at Seattle's Town Hall Nancy Pearl

The Houma Courier
May 22, 2008

Remembering the service, sacrifice

Felicia LeDuff Harry


WILL public radio | Urbana-Champagne, IL
Jul 20, 2005 Afternoon Magazine: author interview Celeste Quinn

The Skanner newspaper | Seattle
Mar 22, 2007

On American Soil

Monica Foster

Cable Radio Network

Jun 20, 2005

Cable Radio Network: author interview Jack Roberts

Bookselling this Week
Apr 19, 2005 History Top Ten Pick Explores an Injustice On American Soil Tom Nolan

Daily Commercial | Leesburg, FL
Oct 23, 2008 Leesburg widow to get WWII benefits

Staff

Oct 16, 2008 Nelson wants money for Snow's family

Staff

Feb 12, 2008 After 63 years, Samuel Snow finally gets recognition Taylor Vernarsky
Sep 20, 2007 6 decades later, vindication Taylor Vernarsky

Chicago Defender
Nov 9, 2007

Secretary of the Army reverses convictions in the Fort Lawton Riot, largest courts-martial of WWII


Tucson, AZ Aug 27, 2009 Florence's prisoner of war camp Elaine Raines

The Spectator | Seattle University
Feb 13, 2008

Local journalist's investigation overturns political injustice

Emily Holt

The Daily Democrat
Jan 29, 2008 Historic ruling has special meaning Robin Hindery

Queen Anne News | Seattle
Apr 28, 2005 There is a fort in the Northwest ... Ritzy Ryciak

Magnolia News | Seattle
Jun 15, 2006 Hamann book clears way to overturning alleged Fort Lawton injustice Russ Zabel

Real Change | Seattle
Aug 16, 2006 Not Guilty: Seattle writer's investigation has cleared the name of 28 Black soldiers in a WWII-era crime Lydia DePillis

Seattle Medium
Jun 14, 2006 Rep. McDermott reaches agreement that may overturn the convictions of 28 African-American soldiers Tifany Williams

Oregon Quarterly | University of Oregon
Mar 2005 Oregon Quarterly Currents: Warm-up for Watergate

Northwest Cable News | Seattle
May 26, 2005 Northwest News Today: author interview ShaniquaManning

KSER Radio
February27,2008 The Morning Program: author interview Ed Bremer

KBOO Radio | Portland, OR
May 3, 2005 Black Book Talk: author interview Patricia Welch
& Emma Ford

KUGS Radio

Apr 28, 2005

author interview Tyson Lynn

WMST Radio
Apr 21, 2005 Mid-Mornings on Main: author interview Tom Byron

KMPS Radio | Seattle
May 22, 2005 Waking Crew: author interview Don Riggs