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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Two white U.S. Marines were injured, one critically, in an interracial brawl at Ft. Buckner, Okinawa, last week involving a number of Negroes. The 3rd Marine Division reported it as an ordinary fight under investigation, not a racial riot; names withheld pending kin notification.
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In Ft. Buckner Brawl
FT. BUCKNER, Okinawa—(ANP)—In an interracial fight here last week, two white U.S. Marines were injured one critically, after they tangled with a number of Negroes, the 3rd Marine Division reported. The report did not say whether the Negroes were Marines.
The incident, the cause of which is said to be under investigation, was described as "not a racial riot but just an ordinary brawl," by a Marine spokesman.
Meanwhile, officials withheld the names of the men injured, pending notification of next of kin.
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Ft. Buckner, Okinawa
Event Date
Last Week
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two white u.s. marines were injured one critically
Event Details
In an interracial fight, two white U.S. Marines tangled with a number of Negroes. The incident is under investigation and described as not a racial riot but just an ordinary brawl. Officials withheld the names of the men injured pending notification of next of kin.