Lindy Blake, one of the Presidio 27 mutineers died recently:

[Call Me Wesley]

Below is a beautiful tribute to Lindy Blake, one of the Presidio 27 mutineers, written by his friend and comrade Randy Rowland (who, along with Keith Mather, told the story of the Presidio 27 in Sir! No Sir!). Lindy died recently at his home in Canada, where he has lived since escaping the Presidio stockade in 1968.



Lindy's Great Escape

It was 40 years ago. We were all young. Facing a potential death
sentence for singing "We Shall Overcome," the 27 "mutineers"
held a meeting in the cell block of the Presidio Stockade. Everyone
who could escape should, we decided. We were not cooperating with the
Brass, not even to participate in their kangaroo court-marital. Not
long after, some of the Presido 27 did escape. Walter Pawlowski, the
guy who stood up during our sit-down, to read our demands to the
commandant, was one of the escapees. Keith Mather, one of the "9-For-
Peace," and the contact I was supposed to meet up with when I
arrived in the stockade, was another. They were recognizable
ringleaders in the stockade protest which became known as the
Presidio Mutiny. They had good reason to leave. Even before the sit-
down strike, both were already facing many years in prison for GI
resistance to the US invasion and occupation of Viet Nam. Now they
faced additional charges of mutiny, the most serious of military
offenses. Military regulations simply say "there is no maximum
sentence" for mutiny.

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Read more here: http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/randy-rowland-lindys-great-escape.html

Further info on his story is available on the DVD 'Sir! No, Sir!' from here: http://www.sirnosir.com

[Captain Hilts]

1. Looks like Garrison Keillor behind him. nt