Posted on May 19, 2021
The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam
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Jimmie Childress had been sitting in a Kansas City jail for two months, waiting to be tried for transporting stolen property across state lines. It was the spring of 1967, and Jimmie was 18 years old. When he finally walked into a courtroom for his hearing, the judge gave him an ultimatum.
"Either go into the military or go to prison. Which is it going to be?"
Childress was tired of being locked up. "So naturally, I chose going into the military."
"Either go into the military or go to prison. Which is it going to be?"
Childress was tired of being locked up. "So naturally, I chose going into the military."
The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam
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Vietnam War
American History
Crime
Discipline
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I was stationed at Long Bihn from September 1971 to September 1972. LBJ still had problems; prisoners were overdosing and there was still some racial tension.
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Thank You for sharing PO1 William "Chip" Nagel. I never heard of this story at the time. I didn’t even know the US Army had such a prison in Vietnam. I was under the impression Military ‘prisoners’ were sent to prisons in Germany.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
As a Vietnam Veteran and involved in Military Police type duties all of us were aware of the Army LBJ although We stopped sending prisoners there but instead to the Marines 3rd MAF Brig which was a short drive from our location. the problems there were I guess a reason We changed where our prisoners were sent although I'll admit I wasn't aware of all the problem this post had pointed out at Long Binh Jail.
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I notice that a lot of the problems were in 1968 which may explain why from Da Nang We stopped sending prisoners to LBJ but instead to the Marines 3rd Marine Amphibious Force Brig which was in our own area. Of course then it was easier to escort prisoners to jail as it was closer and nl y took minutes and not hours . I wasn't aware of a lot of the problems LBJ had although I guess We all knew it wasn't a good place to go.
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