Black Soldier Out in Swastika Case
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A black sergeant has been ordered discharged from a U.S. Army special forces unit for painting red swastikas on barracks doors at Ft. Bragg, N.C., last summer, base officials said. The vandalism took place in the early morning hours of July 16, when someone spray-painted two-foot-high swastikas on the doors to eight rooms inside the barracks. Six of the rooms were occupied by black soldiers. Sgt. Robert L. Washington, 31, has denied painting the symbols.
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