Sunday, January 22, 2006
Book: "On American Soil" Scurrilous "Italian" Revisionist History -

The ANNOTICO Report
During WWII, as we all know most of Italy was as Opposed to being an Ally of Germany, and in WWII as the US is opposed to the current war in Iraq.
The Italian Soldiers despite their lack of enthusiasm for the War particularly against the US, where so many of their families in Italy had relatives, fought bravely despite no having up to date equipment or enough of it, and when fighting alongside the Germans were either given inferior equipment, or none at all, and given the most murderous flanks to defend.
When they were captured, they often were relieved, that they would no longer be "cannon fodder", and when sent to America as POW's were very pleased, and most of them agreed to volunteer to work for the American war effort, which was in dire need.
The work, mostly required the Italians to work off site of the Encampment, and the Italians were found to be so reliable, and hardworking with No inclination of escaping, (to where?) that  the Italian POW's ( that were after Italy's Surrender, considered Co Combatants) were given many privileges and liberties.
Further, the Italian communities close to the POW encampments "embraced" the POWs, invited them to community events and into their homes, as for instance in the Seattle area, and it's Fort Lawton.
The ignored facts of this case were that the Black US Soldiers ignorantly did not believe the Italians should have been accorded any privileges, and were unjustifiably resentful.
One night on the way back to the Fort, after visiting a local bar, a Black soldier accosted an Italian soldier and in return received a severe beating.
The black soldier on returning to base ranted vs the Italians, and worked his fellow black soldiers into a frenzy, whereupon they seized all types of weapons and "stormed" the dormitory of the defenseless Italians.
Dozens of Italians were severely wounded and one Italian was "lynched" by the US Black Soldiers.
You will be introduced to all kinds of "selective" investigation and research, and you will be exposed to all kinds of "questions" and "conclusions", that make for excellent "creative" writing, BUT this book is a "White Wash".
Despite the "confessions" of the more than 40 black soldiers of their "storming/attacking" the Italian barracks, Hamann dismisses  that critical information, through his "twisted" logic  as "hearsay", and affords it NO value, which allows him to reach his own far fetched conclusions.
And Hamann's "politically correct" and "revisionist" version of history will be "accepted" if we do not take appropriate measures to oppose it.
If Jesse Jackson gets his way, not only will the Court Martials of the riotous murderous "thugs" be overturned, but all given pardons, and probably given medals.
Arise!!!!!  Fight House Resolution 3174


”ON AMERICAN SOIL: How Justice Became A Casualty of World War II”
Journalist and Author Jack Hamann to discuss his new book at the Los Angeles Press Club
- Wednesday, February 1st 2006.
On a hot August night in 1944, a soldier’s body was discovered hanging
by a rope from a cable spanning an obstacle course at Seattle’s Fort
Lawton. The body was identified as Private Guglielmo Olivotto, one of
the thousands of Italian prisoners of war captured and brought to
America.
The murder stunned the nation and the international community. Under
pressure to respond quickly, the War Department convened a criminal
trial at the fort, charging three African American soldiers with the
lynching and firstdegree murder of Private Olivotto. Forty other
soldiers were charged with rioting, accused of storming the Italian
barracks on the night of the murder. All forty-three soldiers were
black. There was no evidence implicating any of these men. Leon
Jaworski, later the lead prosecutor at the Watergate trial, was
appointed to prosecute the case and seek the death penalty for three men
who were most assuredly innocent.
Through his access to previously classified documents and the
information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Jack Hamann
tells the whole story behind World War II’s largest army court-martial—a
story that raises important questions about how justice is carried out
when a country is at war.
A bill now before Congress, HR 3174, demands that the Secretary of the
Army reopen the court-martial in light of the evidence disclosed in ON
AMERICAN SOIL. The bill currently has 38 sponsors, and is before the
Military Personnel subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.
For more info about the book: http://www.jackhamann.com/
Among many stellar reviews from critics for ON AMERICAN SOIL, The
Seattle Post Intelligencer dubbed Hamann's work "ONE OF 2005's 10 BEST
BOOKS". John Marshall, the book critic of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
newspaper writes:
"A notorious World War II event in Seattle gets a convincing revisionist
examination in this painstakingly researched first book by one of the
Northwest's most respected television journalists. What has long been
described as a "race riot" resulting in the lynching of an Italian
prisoner of war at Fort Lawton in Magnolia turns out to be a much
different story indeed, as well as a travesty of justice, thanks to the
scrupulous spadework of the one-time attorney and his trusty research
partner and wife, Leslie Hamann.
ON AMERICAN SOIL was previously named a “Discover Great New Writers”
selection by Barnes & Noble, and the “Star of Washington” by Barnes &
Noble booksellers in Washington State. It was also a “Top Ten Pick” by
the American Booksellers Association.
About the author: Jack Hamann has been a news reporter, network
correspondent, and documentary producer for more than two decades and
was most recently the Seattle bureau chief for The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer. A veteran of PBS, CNN, and NBC, Hamann has won ten Emmy Awards
for his work. He lives in Seattle with his wife. This is his first book.