051/1/4
1942 May 13
Unit: Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp: Camp Livingson
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Milton Adams
Complaint:  Maltreatment by white officers because of objections to the use of  the word nigger; tried twice for the same offense; trail allegedly based upon soldier being from Chicago;post stockade

051/1/5
1942 May 14
Unit: Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location:Louisiana
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Claudie L. Gibson
Complaint: Maltreatment by white southern officers; court-martial comparable to a lynching party; northern Negro soldiers discriminated against

051/1/6
1942 May 15
Unit: 353rd F.A.T. E Brty.
Camp:  Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Watason Benjan
Complaint:  Unfair court martial by white officers

051/1/7
1942 May 15
Unit: Company H, 25th Infantry
Camp: Fort Huachuca
Location: Arizona
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Robert Franks
Complaint: Maltreatment of Negro soldiers; kicked around and called nigger

051/1/8
1942 May 16
Unit: 60th/Ord. Company
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to:  Chicago Defender
From: Private Roy Hermit
Complaint:  Northern soldier accused unfairly of hitting white officer; court-marshaled and given 5 years in stockade with a dishonorable discharge

051/1/9
1942 May 16
Unit: Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Milton Adams
Complaint: Unfair court martials; maltreatment in the stockade; tried twice for same offense
 
051/1/10
1942 May 16
Unit: Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Claudie C. Gibson
Complaint: Use of racial epithets and abusive language; unfair charge; sentenced to stockade

051/1/11
1942 May 20
Unit: Private Citizen
Camp: Selective Service Board #5
Location: Houston, Texas
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Aeron D. Belle
Complaint:  Selective Service Board insisting that negroes were not accepted in the Army as V.O. (Volunteer Officer) Candidates

051/1/12
1942 May 20
Unit: 240th Medical Detachment
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Robert Hills
Complaint: Unfair treatment at hospital; put in stockade for sick complaint

051/1/13
1942 May 22
Unit: 353rd F.A. Btry E
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Clyde Bingham
Complaint: Court-martialled for self-defense; forfeiture of all pay and dishonorably discharged

051/1/14
1942 Jun 30
Unit: Company I, 469th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Camp: Camp Maxey, Texas
Location: Van Buren, Arkansas
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Cpl. Daniell E. Williams, S/Sgt. Sterle Wilson, Pfc. Jasper Smith
Complaint:  Unusual and abusive military cruelty

051/1/15
1942 Aug 14
Unit: Station Complement
Camp: Camp Polk
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Sent to: ??
From: Sgt. Nathaniel Ester
Complaint:  Beaten by 5 white orderlies in station hospital; called nigger; abusive treatment

051/1/16
1942 Oct 11
Unit: Q.M. 34th Regt. Co. F
Camp: Jackson Air Base
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Sent to: William Hastie
From: A Group of Soldiers from Jackson Air Base
Complaint: General discrimination

051/1/17
1942 Oct 28
Unit: 78th/Aviation Squadron (SEP)
Camp: Randolph Field
Location: Texas
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Jus Hill
Complaint: Air Corps soldiers relegated to service units; ask paper to report conditions to the NAACP and the President of the U.S.

051/1/18
1942 Nov 10
Unit: 347th Quartermaster Truck Company
Camp: Fort Ord
Location: California
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Rufus R. Johnson, Private Emory A. James, Jr., Private Jack Housen
Complaint:  Menial orders to Air Corps after passing examination; Army initiated shifting programs

051/1/19
1942 Nov 23
Unit: ?
Camp: (Camp) Lee
Location: Virginia
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: Three Hundred Negro Soldiers
Complaint:  Unusual eating conditions; separated from white soldiers on maneuvers
 
051/1/20
1942 Dec 21
Unit: Air Corps
Camp: Maxwell Field
Location: Alabama
Sent to: William H. Hastie
From: Private Gilbert A. Cargill
Complaint: Denied admittance in Army InstructorÆs School because of color

051/2/21
1943 Jan 29
Unit: 374th Engineer Battalion
Camp: Camp Hood
Location: Texas
Sent to: Eleanor Roosevelt
From: Private Jubie B. Braggs, Jr.
Complaint:  Efforts to become a morale officer to Colored Service Units; efforts to be utilized commensurate with training; intelligence, experience and background

051/2/22
1943 Feb 10
Unit: ?
Camp: Camp Barkley
Location: Texas
Sent to: Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: A Group of Negro Soldiers
Complaint: Trained men reduced to driving trucks; terrible recreation facilities; no P.X. facilities

051/2/23
1943 Feb 12
Unit: 24th/Chemical Decon Company
Camp: Camp Butner
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From:  A Loyal Soldier
Complaint: Mistreatment in medical practices; company ordered castor oil be given to all black soldiers

051/2/24
1943 Mar 3
Unit: ?
Camp: Camp Sibert
Location: Alabama
Sent to: To Whom It May Concern
From: A Soldier with Sincere Interest in the USA
Complaint:  Racial discrimination; medical complaints
 
051/2/25
1943 Mar 6
Unit: 41st Engineers
Camp: Fort Bragg
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: An Unknown Soldier of the Race
Complaint: Southerners maltreatment; garrison prisoners; terrible housing conditions; unusual detainment

051/2/26
1943 Mar 6
Unit: 364th Engineers Regiment Company B
Camp:Camp Claiborne
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: Editor-in-Chief, Pittsburgh Courier
From: The Privates of the 364th Engineers Regiment
Complaint: Maltreatment; denied basic privileges; falling out all times of night; put in guardhouse for seeking information

051/2/27
1943 Mar 10
Unit: Naval
Camp: St. Juliens Creek
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: Disappointed Sailor in the U.S. Navy
Complaint:  No chaplain; low morale and general apathy

051/2/28
1943 Mar 15
Unit: 92nd Division
Camp: ?
Location:?
Sent to: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
From: Sincerely yours
Complaint: Replacement of black with white personnel in the Regiment Headquarters Detachment; fighting for the supremacy of the white race; fear of reprisals

051/2/29
1943 Mar 21
Unit: Army Air Forces
Camp: ?
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint: No entertainment facilities; segregated post theatre

051/2/30
1943 Apr 4
Unit: ?
Camp: ?
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint:  Abusive language; racial epithets; restricted to base because of objections to racial slurs

051/2/31
1943 Apr 19
Unit: Engineer and Quartermaster Corps
Camp: Fort Clark
Location: Texas
Sent to: Philadelphia Afro-American
From: A Group of Negro Soldiers
Complaint:  General post discrimination; General DavisÆ white-washed reports

051/2/32
1942 Apr 23
Unit: Medical Detachment, Division Artillery, 2nd Cavalry Division
Camp: Fort Clark
Location:Texas
Sent to: Atlanta Daily World
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint: General JohnsonÆs referring to Negro soldiers as niggers; Negro chaplain run-off because of protest

051/2/33
1943 Apr 26
Unit: 938th Quartermaster Platoon
Camp: Fort Logan
Location: Colorado
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: A Group of Negro Soldiers
Complaint: Northern soldiers protesting long working hours; discrimination in eating

051/2/34
1943 May 10
Unit: Air Base
Camp: ?
Location: Sioux Falls, Iowa
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From:  A Soldier
Complaint: Suffering indignities; no decent facilities; use of the word nigger; working in Labor Battalion instead of attending technical school

051/2/35
1943 May 13
Unit: HDQ 5th Battalion STU #1437
Camp: Camp Shelby
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: 2nd Lt. Loury G. Wright
Complaint: Messing with enlisted men; inability to get public transportation; inadequate latrine facilities; separated from other officers; indoctrinated with the idea we have   no command over them; enlisted Colored trainees are used to clean up the quarters of the permanent enlisted white men

051/2/36
1943 Jun 24
Unit: Air Corps
Camp: Keesler Field
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: A Black Second Lieutenant
Complaint: Commentary on the philosophical nature of discrimination and segregation in comparison to the ideals of democracy

051/2/37
1943 Jun 29
Unit: Company I, 469th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Camp: Camp Maxey, Texas
Location: Van Buren, Arkansas
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From:  A Negro Soldier
Complaint: Excessive and cruel military abuse

051/2/38
1943 Jul 12
Unit: Quartermaster Det. #2
Camp: A.P.G. Aberdeen
Location: Maryland
Sent to: Truman Gibson
From: Private Edward C. Green, Jr.
Complaint: Inadequate medical treatment

051/2/39
1943 Jul 16
Unit: Medical Det. Bldg. 322:  Station Compliment
Camp: Camp Shelby
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private Jerry M. Miller
Complaint:  Suffering with debilitating ailment; severe headaches; lack of adequate medicine to relieve pain; had to resort to purchasing aspirins; mass beatings; afraid to report incidents of maltreatment

051/2/40
1943 Jul 17
Unit: Medical Det. Station Hospital Dayroom #3 Co. C
Camp: Camp Shelby
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private Norman Brittingham
Complaint: Inadequate recreational facilities; inadequate transportation; poor medical treatment; white enlisted men and officers maltreatment

051/2/41
1943 Jul 21
Unit: (Headquarters Command C.P.E.)
Camp: 226th Port Company
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Sent to:  Atlanta Daily World
From: Private Charlie Mabrey, Jr.
Complaint: Discrimination in public transportation

051/2/42
1943 Jul 28
Unit: 1911th Quartermaster Section S.C.U.
Camp: Camp Adair
Location: Oregon
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Cpl. William D. Lee
Complaint: Inadequate recreational facilities; community opposition to Negro soldiers; comparison of northern and southern discrimination

051/2/43
1943 Aug 23
Unit: 92nd Division, 370th Infantry
Camp: Washington and Lee University
Location: Lexington, Virginia
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: 1st Lt. Edward T. Mayfield
Complaint:  Negro officer to lecture on the proper treatment of Negro soldiers

051/2/44
1943 Sep 1
Unit: Company A, 1313 R.G.S.
Camp: Camp Claiborne
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: Mr. Frazier
From: Raphal C. Barrow
Complaint:  Refusal to discharge soldier with one eye; abusive treatment to such extent that soldier is about to crack

051/2/45
1943 Sep 27
Unit: ?
Camp: Camp Gordon Johnston
Location: Florida
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: Negro Soldier
Complaint:  Cleaning white officerÆs rooms; cleaning latrines; barred from worshiping; barred from service clubs; refused sitting privileges in the P.X.

051/2/46
1943 Oct 14
Unit: 1240th FF Platoon E.U.T.C. 7th Provisional Training Regiment
Camp: Camp Claiborne
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson
From: Private Edgar B. Holt
Complaint: Trained men relegated to Labor Battalion; permanent KP, Supply and other details

051/2/47
1943 Oct 15
Unit: 388th Engineers G.S. Regiment Engineering Unit Training Center
Camp: Camp Sutton
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Howard G. Conley
Complaint: White officers spreading vicious rumors that the Negro soldiers were no good; low morale; furloughs issued only to favorite Negroes

051/2/48
1943 Nov 1
Unit: Medical Department Station Hospital
Camp: Camp Sutton
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson
From: Private Howard G. Conley
Complaint: Extra tours of duty as punishment; use of mean language
 
051/2/49
1943 Nov 4
Unit: 356th Aviation Squadron S.P.A.A.T.
Camp: Air Corps
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: Private Laurence W. Harris
Complaint:  Low personal morale: inadequate utilization for ten months; airplane mechanics closed to Negro soldiers

051/2/50
1943 Nov 5
Unit: ?
Camp: ?
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: ?
Complaint: Segregation in public places; discrimination based on color; fighting for a mock democracy; message to Negro people

051/2/51
1943 Nov 14
Unit: 1333rd General Service Regiment
Camp: Camp Ellis, Texas
Location: Illinois
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint: Disabled and sick negro soldiers treated worse than Japs or German prisoners; disabled soldiers given extra duty for being sick; Col. Butler very prejudiced; give information to NAACP

051/2/52
1943 Nov 16
Unit: 3252nd Quartermaster Service Company
Camp: Munich, Germany
Location: Europe
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private John R. Wright
Complaint: Ashamed of being American; cannot understand white politician speaking against the Negro soldier

051/2/52
1943 Nov 21
Unit: Casual Battalion EUTC, Company 8
Camp: Camp Claiborne
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: William G. Nunn, Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Marion Hill
Complaint: Discriminatory discharges; white soldiers get Section 10 Discharges (A.C.D.D.) while black soldiers are given Section 8 Discharges

051/2/54
1943 Nov 22
Unit: 328th Aviation Squadron & 908th Quartermaster Company
Camp: Pampa Army Air Field
Location: Pampa, Texas
Sent to: Richmond Afro-American, NAACP,  B.O. Davis, War Department
From: 328th Aviation Squadron & 908th Quartermaster Company
Complaint:  Insufficient training; entertainment; KP duty; recreation; abusive language; trained men; transportation; city police attacks

051/2/55
1943 Nov 23
Unit: 92nd Division
Camp: Fort Huachuca
Location: Arizona
Sent to: C.A. Scott, General Manager Atlanta Daily World
From: A Noncommissioned Negro Soldier
Complaint:  Insufficient training; low morale; inadequate promotion of trained Negro officers; General DavisÆ white-washed reports

051/2/56
1943 Nov 24
Unit: ?
Camp: Camp Hood
Location: Camp Hood, Texas
Sent to: Carl Murphy, President Afro-American Newspapers, War Department
From: Private John Rivers
Complaint: Mistreatment of blacks in stockade; treatment worse than German prisoners

051/2/57
1943 Dec 1
Unit: Company F, 2nd Battalion
Camp: Camp Hill
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Sent to: Afro-American
From: Cpl. Russell L. Banks
Complaint: Detailed to Burn City and Army Garbage; insufficient dining and latrine facilities

051/2/58
1943 Dec 3
Unit: 1170th Training Group
Camp: Keesler Field
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Editor, Call And Post
From: Private Edward N. Lyles
Complaint: Petty maltreatment and personal brutality

051/2/59
1943 Dec 5
Unit: Company F, 6th Battalion Station Hospital Ward 25
Camp: Jefferson Barracks
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana
Sent to:Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune
From:Private Richmond Walker
Complaint: Bullet in spine; broken ribs; broken left foot; low morale

051/2/60
1943 Dec 10
Unit: H & S Company, 95th Engineering Regiment
Camp:?
Location: British Isles
Sent to: Howard Murphy, Business Manager, Afro-American Newspaper
From: Cpl. Jonathan Welch
Complaint: Low Negro morale under white officers; lack of training in combat areas; limited recreation and furloughs

051/2/61
1943 Dec 12
Unit:3935th Quartermaster Company 213th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp: Camp Bowie
Location: Texas
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson
From: PFC Robert E. Threet
Complaint: Qualified and trained soldiers forced to linger and work in Labor Battalion

051/2/62
1943 Dec 14
Unit:  383rd Aviation Squadron
Camp: A.A.B. Alamogordo
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From:  Private John S. Lyons
Complaint: Commanding officer throwing away a Colored SoldierÆs discharge papers; treated with guardhouse brutality

051/2/63
1943 Dec 28
Unit: 92nd Division
Camp: Fort Huachucas
Location: Arizona
Sent to: (James) Sloan, Reporter, Afro- American Newspaper
From: Negro Officer
Complaint: General DavisÆ lack of objectivity; ill-prepared for combat; insufficient functioning of white southern staff

051/3/64
1944 Jan 9
Unit:?
Camp: Camp Gruber
Location: Oklahoma
Sent to: Chicago Defender
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint: Low morale; officer support of white prisonerÆs brutality; lives threatened because of race prejudice

051/3/65
1944 Jan 10
Unit: ?
Camp: Fort Ord
Location: California
Sent to: Robert S. Abbott, Publisher, Chicago Defender
From:  A Negro Soldier
Complaint: Crack combat unit being broken up and transferred to Quartermaster Truck Companies

051/3/66
1944 Jan 12
Unit: 36th Regiment IARTC
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: James Evans
From: Private James Pritchett
Complaint: Inadequate assignment: German prisoners receive better treatment

051/3/67
1944 Feb 13
Unit: Company A 66th Med. Trg. Bn MRTC
Camp: Camp Barkley
Location: Texas
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private Bert B. Babero
Complaint:  Post discrimination; discrimination in transportation; living quarters in front of cesspool; inadequate post facilities; company commander issuing discriminatory orders

051/3/68
1944 Feb 18
Unit: Company B, 43rd Signal Construction Battalion
Camp: Crowder
Location: Mississippi
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: T/5 Samuel A. Connor
Complaint: Trained Negro soldiers reduced to a construction Battalion; living in a condensed area; better living conditions for German prisoners

051/3/69
1944 Mar 8
Unit: Post Detachment
Camp: Camp Davis
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: PFC Benjamin L. Lowry
Complaint: Negro soldiers recommended for discharges shipped to various camps and forced to work, whites had no problems

051/3/70
1944 Mar 13
Unit: Company C, Group 2, 1st Reg.
Camp: Camp Reynolds
Location: Pennsylvania
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson
From: Private Bert B. Babero
Complaint: Leaving The South Was Like Coming Back to GodÆs Country; segregation compared in North and South; support fighting segregation on the homefront

051/3/71
1944 Mar 16
Unit: 1st Aviation Squadron
Camp: Langley Field
Location:Virginia
Sent to:Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private George R. Gilbert
Complaint: Section 8 Discharge (Blue discharge)

051/3/72
1944 Apr 10
Unit: Company D, 47th Q.M. Regt.
Camp: Bowie
Location: Texas
Sent to: The Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From:  A Private
Complaint:  Discrimination in Army Training School

051/3/73
Apr 30
Unit: Dibble Gen. Hosp.
Camp: Menlo Park
Location: California
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Roy W. Thompson
Complaint:  Subjected to profanity; forced to do detail in spite of sickness or court-martialed; southern Negro soldiers afraid to talk; pass information on to the NAACP and the War Department

051/3/74
1944 May 5
Unit: Station Hospital Ward F-4
Camp: Fort Leonard Wood
Location: Missouri
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private DeLeon J. Wood
Complaint: Inadequate medical attention

051/3/75
1944 May 8
Unit: Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Camp: Staunton
Location: Virginia
Sent to: The Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: S/Sgt. B.E. Dixon
Complaint: Racial epithets; inadequate transportation; inadequate counciling (sic)

051/3/76
1944 May 9
Unit: Section C 33rd Army Air Force Base Unit (CCTS (H))
Camp: Davis - Monthan Field
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Sent to: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
From: Private Charles F. Wilson
Complaint:  Inadequate opportunities; assigning Negroes to the lowest type of work; Negro facilities covered with black tar paper; white facilities are painted                 white; Negro combat units broken up and transferred to Service Units; request for Executive Order to end segregation and discrimination
 
051/3/77
1944 May 28
Unit:  Co. B.B.K. 10
Camp: Fort Harrison
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Y.Z. Perry
Complaint: Ruptured; heart murmur; long months of suffering; separated from white disabled soldiers

051/3/78
1944 Jun 2
Unit:?
Camp:?
Location: California Maneuver Area
Sent to: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint: Disrespecting a Negro officer; unusual sentencing for minor offenses; racial slurs

051/3/79
1944 Jun 5
Unit: 3381st Quartermaster Truck Company
Camp: ?
Location: Seattle, Washington
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: T/5 Albert S. Wilkerson
Complaint: Disabled Negro soldier forced to work or be court-marshaled
 
051/3/80
1944 Jun 14
Unit: 339th Aviation Squadron
Camp: Columbia Air Base
Location:Columbia, South Carolina
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private James A. Munson
Complaint:  Bleeding from the penis; no control of urine; put in crazy ward; inadequate treatment

051/3/81
1944 Jun 15
Unit: 654th Quartermaster General Supply Company
Camp: Camp Livingston - Camp Stockade
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private Irwin C. Conley
Complaint: Punished because Negro soldiers unable to perform duties; inadequate medical attention; court-marshaled and put in stockade; put in solitary           confinement; low moral

051/3/82
1944 Jun 20
Unit: Ward 22A Kennedy General Hospital
Camp: Kennedy General Hospital
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Sent to: P.L. Prattis, Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: Sgt. Ben Kiser, Jr.
Complaint: Separated in Mess Hall in spite of Army directive banning discrimination and segregation in Army camps and hospitals

051/3/83
1944 Jun 22
Unit: ?
Camp: Myles Standish
Location: Massachusetts
Sent to: Editor, Chicago Defender
From: A White Soldier
Complaint: Italian prisoners treated better than Negro soldiers; Company Commander accused of being racist; low morale; white soldier complaining of                discrimination

051/3/84
1944 Jul 8
Unit: 4295th QM Gasoline Supply Company
Camp: Camp Breckinridge
Location: Kentucky
Sent to: Carl Murphy
From: T/5 Clarence E. Adams
Complaint:  Discrimination against black literature
         
051/3/85
1944 Jul 8
Unit:  WAC Detachment Section 2
Camp: Camp Forrest
Location: Tennessee
Sent to: Mr. P.L. Parttis, Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: Rollins W. James, Jr.
Complaint: Negro WAC being humiliated and attacked by white soldiers; Negro girls punished for reporting incidents to NAACP

051/3/86
1944 Jul 13
Unit: 214th Aviation Section
Camp: Peterson Air Field
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sent to: The Editor, Pittsburgh Courier
From: A Negro Soldier
Complaint:  Direct violation of Army regulations to work enlisted men in officers quarters or mess without pay

051/3/87
1944 Jul 25
Unit: 268th Battalion Aviation Section B
Camp: Peterson Field
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: An Enlisted Man
Complaint: Unbearable conditions and treatment from white officers; inadequate recreational facilities

051/3/88
1944 Aug 10
Unit: ?
Camp: Daniel Field
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Sent to: Mr. Carter Wesley, Editor, Houston Informer
From: S/Sgt. John M. Walls, Jr.
Complaint: Used as a guinea pig; hospital infirmary

051/3/89
1944 Aug 13
Unit: 652nd Ord. Am. Company
Camp: Camp Howze
Location: Texas
Sent to: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
From: Private E.L. Reynolds
Complaint: Post Commander barred the Pittsburgh Courier from the Army Post; writing for the regulations to clarify the problem

051/3/90
1944 Aug 16
Unit: 1331st Engineer General Services Regiment
Camp: Camp Claiborne
Location: Louisiana
Sent to:  Editor, Cleveland Call & Post
From: A Disgusted Negro Trooper
Complaint: Low morale; camp surrounded by Louisiana Hoogies with weapons; two white women allegedly raped on camp grounds; camp controlled by State of Louisiana and white civilians; Northern boy living in hell

051/3/91
1944 Aug 23
Unit: 3028th Army Air Force B.U.
Camp: Luke Field
Location: Arizona
Sent to: Congressman William L. Dawson
From:  A Fellow American and Friend
Complaint:  Section 8 Discharge unfairly issued to Negro soldiers

051/3/92
1944 Aug 23
Unit: Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General Hospital
Location: Washington, DC
Sent to: Honorable William L. Dawson
From: A Soldier at Walter Reed General Hospital
Complaint:  Major Tunick informed Negro soldier that none of them would be selected to participate in Advanced Medical and Surgical Technicians; one Negro                    out of thirty-eight failed

051/3/93
1944 Aug 25
Unit: 28th Charlie Co. (Dacon) CWS
Camp: APO #928 C/O Postmaster, San Francisco
Location: California Base #A4
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Private Prescott J. Sunday
Complaint: Low morale; unsuccessful attempt to get back to the States

051/3/94
1944 Aug 26
Unit: Co. A 371st Inf. APO 92
Camp: Fort Huachuca
Location: Arizona
Sent to:  Army & Navy Screen Magazine
From: Cpl. J.H. Becton
Complaint: Discrimination in propaganda film of the military

051/3/95
1944 Sep 12
Unit: 1693rd Combat Engineers
Camp: Camp Rucker
Location: Alabama
Sent to:  Pittsburgh Courier
From: Latrophe F. Jenkins
Complaint: Urgent plea for help and relief from the throes of oppression; disillusioned Negro soldiers

051/3/96
1944 Nov 29
Unit: ?
Camp: Napier Field
Location:Dothan, Alabama
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Sgt. Jesse L. Wilkins
Complaint: Inadequate seating for Negroes because of 5 seat quota per night for 270 personnel; low morale

051/3/97
1944 Dec 10
Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion
Camp: Camp India
Location: India
Sent to: Carl Murphy, President Afro- American Newspapers
From: Negro Troops in India
Complaint: Colored troops segregated despite shows given for Indians, Chinese, Americans, British

051/3/98
1944 Dec 14
Unit: 3499th QM Truck Co.
Camp: Camp Butner
Location: North Carolina
Sent to: ?
From: Cpl. Marshall C. Brown
Complaint: Hospital discrimination

051/3/99
1944 Dec 25
Unit:  ? 
Camp: Camp Gordon
Location: Georgia
Sent to: New Republic
From: Sergeant
Complaint: Discrimination in transportation

051/4/100
1945 Jan 14
Unit: Hdgt. 36th Regt. IARTC
Camp: Camp Livingston
Location: Louisiana
Sent to: James C. Evans
From: Private James Pritchett
Complaint: Inadequate background; performing slave labor; city and police brutality; terrible race relations

051/4/101
1945 Feb 5
Unit: 3159th Quartermaster Service Company D
Camp: Camp George Gordon
Location: Seattle, Washington
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: A negro Soldier
Complaint:  Inadequate heating materials while white soldiers are furnished coal; punished for reporting to sick call; Negro chaplain afraid of white officers

051/4/102
1945 Mar 19
Unit: ?
Camp: La Junta Army Air Field
Location: Colorado
Sent to: NAACP
From: Negro Soldiers
Complaint:  Discrimination in Camp Theatre

051/4/103
1945 Jul 27
Unit: 93rd Infantry Division
Camp: ?
Location: Europe
Sent to: P.B. Young, Publisher Norfolk Journal & Guide
From: The Officers of the 93rd Infantry Division
Complaint:  Deliberate effort to depress, discredit and criticize the Negro officer; direct disregard for the ability of Negro medical and dental officers; white wash-outs from white organizations; low morale

051/4/104
1945 Aug 18
Unit: ?
Camp: MacDill Field
Location: Florida
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: James A. Harrington
Complaint: Accused of molesting a white woman and using profanity

051/4/105
1945 Sep 4
Unit: ?
Camp: US Soldiers Home
Location: Washington, DC
Sent to: President (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
From: Presly Holliday, Q.M. Sgt, Q.M. Corps, Retired
Complaint: Request president issue an Executive Order to integrate Negroes in all branches of the military, reserves, and auxiliary forces

051/4/106
1945 Oct 25
Unit: 207th A.A.A.A.W. Battalion
Camp: Army Hospital
Location: Kentucky
Sent to:  W.I. Gibson, Editor Afro-American Newspaper Chain
From: Pfc Lloyd Lythcott
Complaint:  Shock treatment;  maltreatment while unconscious; refused to continue mustering out pay

051/4/107
1946 Feb 26
Unit: 3478th QM Trucking Co.
Camp: ?
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Sent to: My Dear Sir
From:  Private Eddie Thomas
Complaint:  Inadequate entertainment facilities

051/4/108
1946 May 15
Unit: U.S.D.B.
Camp: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Location: Indiana
Sent to: Pittsburgh Courier
From: Negro Soldiers
Complaint:  White soldiers being warned against Negro soldiers because they were assumed to be integrators and rioters; pleading for fair justice; the black press last hope; names withheld because of reprisals

051/4/109
1946 Nov 12
Unit: Task Force Frost, 359 Transportation Corps
Camp: Camp McCoy
Location: Wisconsin
Sent to: Col. Marcus Ray
From: Maj. Samuel L. Ransom
Complaint:  Low morale; inadequate entertainment; subject to racial epithets; abusive language