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The last of six new investigations the starting-point of which is a piece of intriguing documentary evidence. Chocolate Soldier from the USA
One night in May 1944, Leroy Henry , a black US soldier in Britain, went Awol. He was picked up, accused of rape, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, even though rape was not a capital offence in Britain. Using the trial transcript and new research from America, George Pixley reveals some disturbing aspects of US military justice in the Second World War. Producer Marc Jobst

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Leroy Henry
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George Pixley
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Marc Jobst
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