1,200 Black G.I.'s killed by U.S. Army in WWII Miss.?
Wiley Coyote
within is true, then why hasn't every TV newsmagazine (Dateline, 20/20, 60
Minutes,etc.) been all over this story? Also, it seems that the surviving
relatives of the "victims" would be filing rafts of lawsuits against the
government, demanding "reparations" and the like:
http://www.theslaughter.com/homepage.html
From the Amazon website:
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The book that breaks a news story... what is arguably the worst single
racial atrocity in American history
From the Publisher:
The American people have a right to hear this story. On August 27, 1998, as
a direct result of this book's publication, a member of Congress, the
Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, called for a full investigation of the
atrocities outlined in The Slaughter.
From the Inside Flap:
Here, after more than fifty years of secrecy, the terrible truth is
revealed.
It was the uncertain midpoint of World War II. The United States was
embroiled in an all-out fight abroad for its very survival. But back on
American soil - at an Army base in southwestern Mississippi - the
unthinkable occurred. They were U. S. soldiers. They were defenseless. They
were black.
What the Army tried so desperately to hide, Carroll Case has managed to
uncover through thirteen years of intensive research, chance encounters,
recently declassified government documents, death threats, hard work and
determination. While president of a bank in south Mississippi, he met the
first of many eyewitnesses to the atrocity. What he heard launched him on a
search for the truth and a mission to tell it.
It is not a story the world wants to hear. But it is a story that must be
told. Finally, the truth is exposed, in all its horror.
Part I chronicles Case's efforts to uncover the incident and explains in
detail what actually occurred. The declassified government documents
themselves are included.
Part II is The Evangeline File, a fact-based novel set in present-day south
Mississippi. As Case poignantly writes, It is such a terrible, ugly tragedy,
and there is an innate human hesitance to admit what actually happened. By
putting it in a vehicle of fiction, it somehow makes it easier to face the
truth.
The Evangeline File effectively communicates the essential elements of the
historical incident while creating compelling characters - Clay Brady, the
reporter who uncovers the story; Parker, his investigative partner; and
Khaki, the woman Clay cannot resist, but should. It is riveting and
suspenseful, as Clay unravels the secret and discovers it reaches to the
highest levels of the government. While unearthing what is perhaps the worst
racial crime in the country's history, he must battle the racism which, to
this day, still poisons American society.
From the Back Cover:
The shocking expose of a racial crime of unprecedented proportions in
American history.
The victims: over one thousand black men.
The perpetrator: the United States Army.
Here in graphic detail is the true story, finally revealed after more than
fifty years of government cover-up.
I beg of you to please, from my heart, please do something for the fellows
and myself who are among the unfortunate to be in this State of blood --
Negro blood -- that is constantly flowing in the streets. Corporal Anthony
J. Smirely, Jr. Co. H, 364th Infantry Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi May 31st,
1943
The publisher, FBC Primary Title Books (FBC...@aol.com) , September 6, 1998
The book that breaks an important news story...
"The Slaughter: An American Atrocity" is a book that breaks an important
news story. It exposes what is perhaps the single worst racial atrocity in
American history... the heinous killing of over 1,200 black soldiers on an
Army base in southwestern Mississippi during World War II. The perpetrator
was none other than the United States Army itself. Over 13 years of research
and eyewitness interviews led author Carroll Case to expose the 55-year
government cover-up of the slaughter.
The book includes recently declassified government documents as well as
letters written by the soldiers pleading for help just prior to the
massacre. As Corporal Anthony J. Smirely, Jr., a member of the 364th
Infantry stationed at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, wrote on May 31st, 1943:
"I beg of you to please, from my heart, please do something for the fellows
and myself who are among the unfortunate to be in this State of blood --
Negro blood -- that is constantly flowing in the streets."
As a direct result of this book's publication, Congressman Bennie Thompson
has called upon Secretary of the Defense William Cohen for a full
investigation. The NAACP has demanded an immediate response from the
Secretary of the Army.
The American people have a right to hear this story.
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Customer Comments
Number of Reviews: 4
aclar...@aol.com from America , March 16, 1999
Extremely valuable information, but impossible to sweeten .
Any information on the USA's history is valuable, be it an atrocity or
victory. Our history books are already sweeten to the point that no one is
sure of whom actually made that history. I appreciate the actual facts in
the beginning of the book, but the fictional story does not soften the blow
of the inhuman acts that took place. What about the families of the victims?
Will their 1200 stories be heard? Will there be justice? These questions
where missing is this book along with the answers. It reads like an old
American history book, too many unanswered questions.
A reader from McComb, MS , September 23, 1998
Courageous Storytelling
The Slaughter is by no means the work of a professional researcher or an
academician. The author says so himself. Carroll Case is a businessman who
had heard rumors and tales of this horrible massacre all of his life.
After a conversation with an employee of his who was an eyewitness to this
crime, Case spent thirteen years investigating all aspects of the story and
has endured personal tragedy as a result of his curiosity. He is convinced
this took place because, among other evidence, he has heard eyewitness
accounts. What better affirmation could there be than video tapes of this
testimony, regardless of whether the witnesses are alive today?
Case brought this incident to light when no other person had the courage to
do so. In his preface, he says that to write the book in the form of a novel
was necessary because the facts have, to date, not been confirmed. Mr. Case
offers the circumstances as he knows them to be true, and offers the rest of
the world a chance to decide for themselves. This is a story written by a
man passionate about his experiences and passionate about seeing the Army
explain to the American people just what did go on in 1943 in Centreville,
Mississippi at Camp Van Dorn.
In another of my favorite books, The Gold of Exodus, Larry Williams and Bob
Cornuke did not come home from Jabal al Lawz with a fortune in gold proving
they found the true Mount Sinai. They came home with a conviction and a Best
Seller. We don't criticize their adventure story for lack of evidence, nor
should we demand that Carroll Case produce the bodies of dead soldiers.
The Slaughter was convincing enough for a United States Congressman to
demand an inquiry by the Secretary of Defense; something few books in this
decade have done. In addition, it raised enough important questions for the
NAACP to demand a full accounting from the Secretary of the Army. All within
three weeks of the publication date of this book.
dic...@hotmail.com from Oxford, MS , September 10, 1998
Lack of evidence ruins a potentially good book.
The cover notes for Mr. Case's book speak of new evidence gathered under the
Freedom of Information Act. All this "evidence" consists of ominous letters
and appraisals about the racial situation at Camp Van Dorn. Instead of a
well documented history of a "known" tragedy at Van Dorn, the reader is
treated to a novel. Equally lacking in both the "evidence" and the novel is
the name of even one dead black soldier as a result of the massacre. Nor
does Mr. Case document the authenticity of his sources, especially oral
reports. That something occurred at Camp Van Dorn in 1943 is widely known.
But only the cheapest of conspiracy theorists can hold that a lack of
physical evidence is evidence of a conspiracy. Mr. Case fumbled the ball.
A reader from Dallas, Texas , September 2, 1998
Synester,intriguing,rollercoaster of a read.
Pandora's box has been opened and the contents are frightening !
Could it be true that the United States Military machine conspired against
some of its own soldiers during WWII ? Conspired to such an extent as to
exterminate 1200 black soldiers in an attempt to regain control of a
documented uprising in the deep south?
As told by Carroll Case, The Slaughter, An American Atrocity, is not only
believable as fiction but as fact is gut wrenchingly scary.
Told in two parts, the first section reveals the facts that Case stumbled on
after a happenchance conversation with an eye witness to the proposed
massacre. After thirteen years of investigation , Case has uncovered what
seems to be a governmental cover-up of monumental proportions.
Official military documents as well as personal letters pleading for help,
indicate a southern stew ready to boil over. What do you do with 1200
misfits threatening mutiny and spoiling a good war effort ? If Cases
conclusion is correct, you eradicate the obstacle and you do so where
redneck justice, folklore, fact and fiction all intermingle to blur the line
between reality and creative imagination.
After all, its 1943, the world is at war, and in the swampy backwoods of
Mississippi, no one hears you scream. Not if your property of the
U.S.Military. Not if your black.
The second part of the book is an intriguing tale of cover-up, murder,
greed, and justice, all moving with breakneck speed, keeping this reader
spellbound until the last word.
Set in Mississippi, the redneck is alive and well, as is "BIG BROTHER" in
this current day small town thriller.
Amidst the moss covered oaks, eccentric characters from the wealthy to the
classless, lurk in the shadows at every corner propelling the reader foward,
hanging on everyword.
With a plot rich in deception and cover-up, Case has managed to weave fact
into believable fiction. The use of eyewitness accounts as well as
governmental documents in section one plants a seed of reality so indelible
one has trouble separating the two.
Undoubtedly this work will rekindle a roaring blaze in the voice of the
civil rights activists. Aided by public awareness and desire for the truth,
expect intense investigations to soon follow. THIS CAN NOT BE IGNORED.
Should this atrocity be proven true, we may all find ourselves questioning
our leaders and once again asking...... "at what price does freedom come."
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smurfpanties
news, even the people promoting the incident only post these "teasers"
that are designed to seperate money from people's purses.
Stupid nigs,how I pity them.
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