The interpreter

Description:

Draws on the account of World War II French political novelist and court interpreter Louis Guilloux, who witnessed general Patton's example-setting executions of seventy American troops, many of whom the interpreter believed were condemned because of their race.

subjects: African American solders,  African American soldiers,  African Americans,  Courts-martial and courts of inquiry,  History,  Officers,  Social conditions,  Trials (Murder),  Trials, litigation,  United States,  United States. Army,  World War, 1939-1945

People: George P Whittington (1913-1996),  James E. Hendricks (1923-1944),  Louis Guilloux (1899-)

Places: France

Times: 20th century