Topic: American Troops Mutiny in Australia 1942

muscogeemike · February 9th, 2012

Damn, just when I think I know a little something about the US in WWII here comes this! There were a number of incidents, in the states and overseas, caused by racism. It seems that there was a conscious effort to downplay (if not suppress) them - this one I never heard about.

As to LBJ - this kind of makes sense, I never really saw a good reason for him to be there, but he did get a Silver Star out of it (I always chalked this up to MacArthur’s political ambition - until now).

February 9th, 2012
muscogeemike	Damn, just when I think I know a little something about the US in WWII here comes this! There were a number of incidents, in the states and overseas, caused by racism. It seems that there was a conscious effort to downplay (if not suppress) them - this one I never heard about. As to LBJ - this kind of makes sense, I never really saw a good reason for him to be there, but he did get a Silver Star out of it (I always chalked this up to MacArthur’s political ambition - until now).