number of allow blacks, forced to stand in the front of the
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ALLEN, Fred, GRAMMELL, Stanley and JOHNSON, Robert
Allen, a native of Georgianna, Ala., Grammell, a native of Stroud,
Alaes and Johnson, a native of Tuscumbia Alas, were all black sol-~
diers stationed at Camp Dodge, lowa. On the emening of May 2), 1918,
they approached an automobile parked on the military reservation in
which a young Yes Moines man was parked with his 17-year-old girl
friend, a former telephone operator on the base. One of the soldiers
identified himself as a military policeman and asked the youth to
step out of the car. When he did so, the three soldiers knocked him
unconscious and then all three brutally raped the girl, When the
youth regained consciousness, he gave an alarm and all black soldiers
at Camp Dodge were paraded before the young couple. They Béxssesx
identified 4llen, Grammell and Johnson as their assailants and the
three men confessed. They were tried at a Court Martial, found
guilty ond sentenced to hang. When President Wilson refused to in-
tervene in the case, they were publicly hanged on the base on July
5, 1918, Ak. black soldiers at Camp Dodge as well as all members of
the 88th Division were forced to witness the execution, and when the
theee men were led to the gallows screaming to God to spare them, a
ALLEN, Fred, GRAMMELL, Stanley and JOHNSON, Robert
Allen, a native of Georgianna, Ala., Grammell, a native of Stroud,
Ala. y and Johnson, a native of Tuscumbia, 4la., were all black sol-~
diers stationed at Camp Dodge, Towa, On the emening of May 2), 1918,
they approached an autombbile parked on the military reservation in
which a young Yes Moines man was parked with his 17-year-old girl
friend, a former telephone operator on the base. One of the soldiers
identified himself as a military policeman and asked the youth to
step out of the car, When he did so, the three soldiers knocked him
unconscious and then all three brutally raped the girl, WHen the
youth regained consciousness, he gave an alarm and all black soldiers
at Camp Dodge were peraded before the young couple. They BéXSsesx
identified 4llen, Grammell and Johnson as their assailants and the
three men confessed. They were tried at a Court Martial, found
guilty ond sentenced to hang. When President Wilson refused to in-
tervene in the case, they were publicly hanged on the base on July
5, 1918. Al black soldiers at Camp Dodge as well as all members of
the 88th Division were forced to witness the execution, and when the
theee men were led to the gallows screaming to God to spare them, a
ALLEN, Fred, CRAMMEL
iL, Stanley and JOHNSON, Robort
Allen, a native of Georgianna, Ala., Grammell, a native of Stroud,
Ala., and Johnson, a native of Tuscumbia, Ala., were all black sol-
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identified A1on, Gramoll and Johnson as their assailants and the
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guilty nd sentenced to hang. When President Wilson refused to in-
tervene in the case, e publicly hanged.on the base on July
1918. Pes black soldiers at we Dodge as well as all members of
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