27 GI's Desperately Need Your Support Charged with Mutiny at Presido Flier
San Francisco: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Item #016745
No publisher. San Francisco: no date, either late 1968, early 1969. Single sheet, yellow paper, 8 ½ by 11 inches. In 1968, a prisoner of the US Army, Private Richard Bunch, was killed by a guard while fleeing a work detail. Obviously mentally ill and yet still incarcerated, Bunch presumably used this event to commit suicide. The reaction by other military prisoners to this killing was a culmination of problems. Prisoners were held in overcrowded conditions at Presidio, often faced food shortages and often lived in excrement due to poorly working toilets. Many of the prisoners were mentally ill, and many tried to commit suicide. After Bunch's killing 27 soldiers held a sit-in to protest these conditions, reading out a list of demands. The Army charged the 27 with mutiny. Initially all but 5 were convicted, but all convictions on mutiny were overturned a year later. This flier advertises a demonstration protesting the treatment of the 27 prisoners, as well as others held in Presidio. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Moderate toning to the bottom half of the paper. Some creasing, wrinkling and curling.
Price: $25.00