Excerpts from Thurgood Marshall’s Korean War Report.
From the report, “Report on Korea: The Shameful Story of the Court Martial of Negro GIs”:
Case 1 – J.P. Morgan: “Private Morgan was court martialed…and sentenced to ten years at hard labor…Fortunately, Private Morgan was able to prove that he was in an Army hospital during the period when he was charged with not being on duty. When his case was taken to Washington the conviction was reversed.”
Case 2 – The Underage Soldier: “Take the case of one young GI convicted of cowardice. He enlisted at the age of fifteen…This lad stuck at the front until he was yanked out on a trumped up court martial charge…He did not reach his eighteenth birthday until eleven days after he had been convicted by court martial.”
Case 3 – Four Men on Pass: “Four men were convicted of misbehavior in the presence of the enemy although they were stationed miles behind the battleline and assigned to mess duty. Having been given time off one evening, they took a jeep and started to town. They were arrested, charged…convicted and sentenced to twenty years each.”
Documenting unfair treatment during the Korean War.