Biography
Rudolph Bell, also called Rudy Bell, was a Black Vietnam combat veteran among the Fort Hood 43 court-martialed after the August 24, 1968 protest against possible riot-control deployment to Chicago. The Militant reports a six-month stockade sentence, two months actually spent in the Fort Hood stockade and subsequent transfer to the Corrective Training Facility at Fort Riley. It reports his release on December 18, 1968. He subsequently challenged the Army’s attempt to extend his enlistment and send him back to Vietnam; projected military discharge dates are not prison-release dates.
Rudolph Bell, also called Rudy Bell, was a Black Vietnam combat veteran among the Fort Hood 43 court-martialed after the August 24, 1968 protest against possible riot-control deployment to Chicago. The Militant reports a six-month stockade sentence, two months actually spent in the Fort Hood stockade and subsequent transfer to the Corrective Training Facility at Fort Riley. It reports his release on December 18, 1968. He subsequently challenged the Army’s attempt to extend his enlistment and send him back to Vietnam; projected military discharge dates are not prison-release dates. Six months in the stockade, six months probation, reduction to private and forfeiture of two-thirds pay while imprisoned. Two months actual Fort Hood confinement preceded Fort Riley corrective training; exact initial admission and aggregate actual duration unknown.
