(WBAP/KLIF) — After more than a century the Buffalo Soldiers are cleared. In 1917, the all-black Third Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment ignored orders to stand down to an unconfirmed white mob approaching and marched into Houston amid racial tensions.
The soldiers had killed 16 people, leading to the mutiny conviction of 110 black soldiers, 19 of whom were hanged.
According to U.S. Army officials, they will overturn the convictions of the soldiers and correct their service records “to the extent possible” to recognize their service as honorable, allowing their families to be eligible for compensation.
This comes after attorneys and advocates filed clemency petitions on behalf of the soldiers. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth says in a statement that the move marks the Army’s acknowledgement of past mistakes and sets the record straight.
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