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- Th C G. Ï. OFFICE -*^ tel:(202) 244-2831 P.O.BOX 9746. Washington, U.C. 20016 PRESS STATEMENT RELEASE DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1970 INFORMATION: Marilyn Moorhead tel: 244-2831 / Eight army enlisted men at Port Benning, Georgia, have charged their brigade commanding officer with illegal siezure selves; confinement at hard labor without trial; denial of equal protection of the law; and with inflicting cruel and unusual on them of law; and with inflicting punishment on themselves and other members of the brigade. - - The charges are contained in a class action suit November 10, in Federal District Golo OFFICE, on behalf of the eight C ourt, C olumbus, enlisted men, filed yesterday, Georgia. The has retained Mr. Howard Moore, of Atlanta, Ga. to Jr., plead Southern Legal Assistance Project (SLAP) the suit which seeks a declaratory judgement and injunctive relief. - I _ + : ■•■"*. ' - - - * Named as defendents are Major General Orwin C. Talbot, Commanding General, Fort Benning, Ga.; Colonel Willard Latham, Commanding Officer of the 197th Infantry Brigade (to which the men are assigned); and Sergeant First Class (E-7), James Clark, Custodian of the 197th Correctional Custody Facility. The suit states that Colonel Latham with the support of General Talbot established the 197th Correctional Custody Facility in March, 1970. The facility, subject of a major feature article in many newspapers Sunday, November 1, is a stark, barbed-wire enclosure to which men of the 197th—THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE VIET NAM VETERANS—are sentenced to confinement at hard labor for up to thirty days without a trial. 4 * » * * * It is generally conceded that treatment in the Correctional Cus- than that accorded court-martialled tody Facility is the more Post severe Stockade. Aside rather from being punitive the "normal" hard-labor prisoners m than correctional, and other complaints, work day of 16 hours is extended to 20 hours for the slightest infraction within the facility. The investigation and documentation of the conditions and treat ment within the Correctional Custody Facility which became basis of both the Sundav feature article and the lawsuit was the Sunday feature G.I. ac complished by the G.I. OFFICE, a Washington based organization concerned with the rights of service men and women which inves tigates complaints from GIf s m9 The two field representatives dispatched by the G.I. OFFICE to investigate the 197th Correctional Custody Facility were Phil Lehman and Jim Pahura, two former officers recently discharged from the Navy because of their involvment with the Concerned Officers Movement (COM).
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Title | Press statement (The G.I. Office) |
Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
Publisher | The G.I. Office |
Publication date | 1970 |
Language | English |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
Military base/Ship | Fort Benning |
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Publication Date-Electronic | 2017 |
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Title | Wednesday, November 11, 1970 |
Language | English |
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Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2017 |
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Full text | - Th C G. Ï. OFFICE -*^ tel:(202) 244-2831 P.O.BOX 9746. Washington, U.C. 20016 PRESS STATEMENT RELEASE DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1970 INFORMATION: Marilyn Moorhead tel: 244-2831 / Eight army enlisted men at Port Benning, Georgia, have charged their brigade commanding officer with illegal siezure selves; confinement at hard labor without trial; denial of equal protection of the law; and with inflicting cruel and unusual on them of law; and with inflicting punishment on themselves and other members of the brigade. - - The charges are contained in a class action suit November 10, in Federal District Golo OFFICE, on behalf of the eight C ourt, C olumbus, enlisted men, filed yesterday, Georgia. The has retained Mr. Howard Moore, of Atlanta, Ga. to Jr., plead Southern Legal Assistance Project (SLAP) the suit which seeks a declaratory judgement and injunctive relief. - I _ + : ■•■"*. ' - - - * Named as defendents are Major General Orwin C. Talbot, Commanding General, Fort Benning, Ga.; Colonel Willard Latham, Commanding Officer of the 197th Infantry Brigade (to which the men are assigned); and Sergeant First Class (E-7), James Clark, Custodian of the 197th Correctional Custody Facility. The suit states that Colonel Latham with the support of General Talbot established the 197th Correctional Custody Facility in March, 1970. The facility, subject of a major feature article in many newspapers Sunday, November 1, is a stark, barbed-wire enclosure to which men of the 197th—THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE VIET NAM VETERANS—are sentenced to confinement at hard labor for up to thirty days without a trial. 4 * » * * * It is generally conceded that treatment in the Correctional Cus- than that accorded court-martialled tody Facility is the more Post severe Stockade. Aside rather from being punitive the "normal" hard-labor prisoners m than correctional, and other complaints, work day of 16 hours is extended to 20 hours for the slightest infraction within the facility. The investigation and documentation of the conditions and treat ment within the Correctional Custody Facility which became basis of both the Sundav feature article and the lawsuit was the Sunday feature G.I. ac complished by the G.I. OFFICE, a Washington based organization concerned with the rights of service men and women which inves tigates complaints from GIf s m9 The two field representatives dispatched by the G.I. OFFICE to investigate the 197th Correctional Custody Facility were Phil Lehman and Jim Pahura, two former officers recently discharged from the Navy because of their involvment with the Concerned Officers Movement (COM). |
Type | Text |
Digital identifier | giNewsletter1032001 |