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1944 Conviction Of Black G.I.’s Is Ruled FlawedNews | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post NY Times | 2007-10-26 Guglielmo Olivotto, an Italian prisoner of war, died with a noose around his neck, lynched at a military post on Puget Sound 63 years ago. Samuel Snow, 83, hopes that people will stop blaming him and the 27 other black soldiers convicted of starting the riot that led to Mr. Olivotto’s death. It was one of the largest Army courts-martial of World War II.
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