#title Free the Presidio 27
#subtitle Issue Cover text
#author Fifth Estate Collective
#SORTauthors Fifth Estate Collective;
#date 1969
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/74-march-5-19-1969/free-the-presidio-27]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2021-08-25
#notes Fifth Estate #74, March 5–19, 1969



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According to the U.S. Army the 27 GIs pictured here staging a sit-in at the Presidio Stockade in San Francisco, Oct. 14, 1968 are guilty of mutiny; a military crime punishable by a prison term of up to life.

This peaceful demonstration was to protest conditions in the stockade and the murder of a fellow prisoner by a guard. The prisoners tried so far have been convicted and received sentences up to 14 years. For the story behind this Army atrocity see the full story on page five.

GI Association/ LNS

(Photo taken by U.S. Army Intelligence )

FREE THE PRESIDIO 27