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You know, I kind
of came in as an AWOL, and within two days of hitting the Stockade, I
was facing the death sentence for singing "We Shall Overcome."
[Presidio 27
Face Trial On 'Mutiny'
Presidio 'Mutiny' Hearings
Six in Stockade Accused of Mutiny]
NARRATOR:
Initially sentenced to 16 years for mutiny, the Presidio 27 spent up to
two years in federal prison.
And facing decades in jail for both The
Nine for Peace, and Presidio Sitdown ...
[Dozen Presidio GIs Convicted in Mutiny]
Keith Mather escaped from the
Presidio Stockade and made his way to Canada where he spent the next 18
years living in exile.
But in the summer
of '68, as thousands of supporters protested the jailing of the Presidio
27 ...
20,000
Marchers at Presidio
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