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The Fort Lawton riot refers to a series of events in August 1944 starting with a violent conflict between U.S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton in Seattle, Washington during World War II. [1] After the riot, prisoner Guglielmo Olivotto was found dead. [nb 1] This led to the court-martial of 43 soldiers, all of them African ...
Fort Lawton was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton (1843–1899), a veteran of the American Civil War, the Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War campaigns, who was killed in action in the Philippines. The fort opened on February 9, 1900 [1] on a 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2 ). The military encampment was redesigned in 1902 for infantry use.
The United States Army Signal Corps ( USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was established in 1860, the brainchild of Major Albert J. Myer, and had an important role in the American Civil War.
Lawson Army Airfield. / 32.33722°N 84.99139°W / 32.33722; -84.99139. Lawson Army Airfield ( IATA: LSF, ICAO: KLSF, FAA LID: LSF) is a military airport located at Fort Moore ( formerly Fort Benning) in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, south of the city of Columbus, Georgia. [1] It is Fort Moore's primary force projection platform.
Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha). It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha).
The VII Army Corps of the United States Army was one of the two principal corps of the United States Army Europe during the Cold War. Activated in 1918 for World War I, it was reactivated for World War II and again during the Cold War. During both World War II and the Cold War it was subordinate to the Seventh Army, or USAREUR and was ...
Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War . Born in Randolph County, Missouri, he worked ...
Fort Leavenworth ( / ˈlɛvənˌwɜːrθ /) is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. [1] Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. [2] Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as ...