Biography
Larry Darby was a Purple Heart Vietnam veteran, Young Socialist and opponent of the Vietnam War whose confinement at Fort Benning was challenged by antiwar supporters. The Militant reports that he entered the stockade in October 1968 after a court-martial for possessing beer and insubordination, served about seventy days, mostly in solitary or maximum segregation, and was released on probation. He was put back in the stockade on December 23 for allegedly missing a formation, without the hearing his legal advisers said was required. These are contemporary attributed accounts, not proof of an exact total term.
Larry Darby was a Purple Heart Vietnam veteran, Young Socialist and opponent of the Vietnam War whose confinement at Fort Benning was challenged by antiwar supporters. The Militant reports that he entered the stockade in October 1968 after a court-martial for possessing beer and insubordination, served about seventy days, mostly in solitary or maximum segregation, and was released on probation. He was put back in the stockade on December 23 for allegedly missing a formation, without the hearing his legal advisers said was required. These are contemporary attributed accounts, not proof of an exact total term. Four months imposed. Reported actual first stay about seventy days, all but sixteen in solitary or maximum segregation, followed by release on probation. Approximate actual length is retained in prose; exact discharge and full total including reimprisonment are unknown.
