aug 12, 1906 - Brownsville Incident involving accusations of murder against African-American “Buffalo Soldiers” stationed at Fort Brown, TX. On 11/05/1906, Roosevelt ordered 167 soldiers of the 25th U.S. Regiment dishonorably discharged. This action was quite controversial at the time. On September 24, 1972, the Secretary of the Army Robert Froehlke reversed that order, changing the discharges to Honorable
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