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The Townsville Mutiny was a mutiny by predominantly African American servicemen while serving in Townsville, Australia, in World War Two. About 600 African-American troops from the 96th Battalion, US Army Corps of Engineers, were stationed at a base outside Townsville called Kelso Field. They were a labour battalion and their main job was to build bridges and barracks. The troops had been the subject of regular racial abuse by some of their white officers. A rumour that a black sergeant had died at the hands of a white superior resulted in the troops of A and C company mutinying. Aiming to kill their commander, Captain Francis Williams of Columbus, Georgia, they machine gunned the tents of white officers. A siege of eight hours resulted. At least one person was killed and dozens severely injured, and Australian troops were called in to roadblock the rioters.〔http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/cover-up-of-townsville-mutiny-black-gis-turned-on-officers/story-e6frg8yo-1226268277783〕 US journalist Robert Sherrod wrote a report on the mutiny but it was suppressed. Lyndon B Johnson, then a senator, was visiting Townsville at the time.〔 The mutiny was revealed by a historian in 2012.〔http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-10/historian-reveals-details-on-townsville-mutiny/3821906〕〔http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2012/s3427319.htm〕〔http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/machine-gun-mutiny-in-townsville-20120210-1sh3b.html〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Townsville Mutiny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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