GAOL FOR SOLDIER
STRUCK PRISONERS
STIR CAUSED IN U.S.A. NEW YORK. Sentence of two years' imprisonment imposed on a member of the famous Yankee Division, for striking nine German prisoners, has created a stir in the United States. Congressman McCormack, Massachusetts, has branded court-martial proceedings as "ridiculous," and demanded that the soldier, Private Joseph McGee, 22, be returned to duty. The War Department has opened an official inquiry, and the Secretary for War is giving the case personal attention.
At the court-martial it was alleged that McGee, who was guarding the prisoners, struck or kicked them because they refused to work.
The Germans were quoted as saying they were "humiliated and insulted"' by the treatment. None was seriously injured or required medical attention. Mr. McCormack, demanding that the War Department review the case, said the evidence against McGee came practically, if not wholly, from the Germans. Several veterans' organisations have sent telegrams of protest to Washington.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 146, 22 June 1945, Page 8
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