Photo: Mutiny revealed: An African American engineers unit of the US Army on parade during WWII. National ArchivesSecret Documents Lift Lid On WWII Mutiny By US Troops In North Queensland -- ABC News (Australia)
An Australian historian has uncovered hidden documents which reveal that African American troops used machine guns to attack their white officers in a siege on a US base in north Queensland in 1942.
Information about the Townsville mutiny has never been released to the public.
But the story began to come to light when James Cook University's Ray Holyoak first began researching why US congressman Lyndon B Johnson visited Townsville for three days back in 1942.
What he discovered was evidence detailing one of the biggest uprisings within the US military.
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More News On The Townsville Mutiny
Cover-up of Townsville mutiny: black GIs turned on officers -- The Australian
Historian uncovers Townsville mutiny -- NZHerald.co.nz
Townsville WW2 mutiny uncovered by Queensland historian -- ABC.net.au
Machine gun mutiny in Townsville -- Brisbane Times
Australian historian uncovers WWII US mutiny -- Asia One
Australian Historian Uncovers Mutiny on World War II US Base -- Voice of America
My Comment: This is an incredible story .... from the involvement of future President Johnson, to the fact that 600 black soldiers mutinied against their white officers. But what is even more revealing is that while this story is now big news in Australia and South-east Asia .... with the exception of Voice of America .... no one in the man stream media in the U.S. is reporting on it.
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