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John Arthur Bennett (April 10, 1936 – April 13, 1961) was a U.S. Army soldier who remains the last person to be executed after a court-martial by the United States Armed Forces. [1]
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway , it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
As of 2021, no member of the U.S. Navy has been executed since October 23, 1849, when brothers John and Peter Black were simultaneously hanged at the yardarm for leading a mutiny on board the schooner Ewing. [15] The United States Navy hanged 14 Japanese people for war crimes committed on Guam during World War II. [16]
Crandall's exploits (along with those of many others) at the Battle of Ia Drang, are depicted in the 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once...And Young (by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway), and in the related 2002 movie, We Were Soldiers, where he is portrayed by Greg Kinnear. Crandall served as an aviation consultant during filming in 2001.
They remained together until Deurice's death in May 2012. [8] Plumley died of colon cancer in Columbus, Georgia, on October 10, 2012, at the age of 92. [4] [9] [10] Plumley is a prominent figure in Lieutenant General Hal Moore's 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, which chronicles the Battle of Ia Drang. [3]
Pages in category "People executed by the United States military by hanging" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[12] [13] His body was found hanging by a rope in a closet in his hotel room in Thailand, [14] [15] and there was evidence of a recent orgasm. [16] Two autopsies were conducted and concluded his death was not suicide. The Thai forensic pathologist who examined his body stated his death may have been due to autoerotic asphyxiation.
The Germans were determined to hold the terrain, and weather greatly reduced the usual American advantages in armor and air support. A small minority of soldiers (less than 0.5%) indicated they preferred to be imprisoned rather than remain in combat, and the rates of desertion and other crimes had begun to rise.