WCH Crime: The Columbia Eagle mutiny

WCH Crime will feature cases where people have faced criminal charges for their beliefs or political activities, and will look at cases where people have been framed or even killed by the state. It will be in the same feed as the regular Working Class History podcast. To subscribe, find us on your favourite podcast app or follow the hyperlinks at the bottom of this page.

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Part 2:

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Part 4:

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Pictured above are the two mutineers: Alvin Glatkowski, left, and Clyde McKay, right, superimposed on the ship.

We speak to Al about his experiences, in addition to Vietnam war-era sailor and historian Roberto Loiederman.

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The SS Columbia Eagle, c1970 | Image courtesy of The Eagle Mutiny by Richard Linnett and Roberto Loiederman

Clyde McKay in Cambodia, 1970 | Image courtesy of The Eagle Mutiny

Larry Humphrey in Cambodia, c1970 | Image courtesy of The Eagle Mutiny

US military investigators aboard the Columbia Eagle, 1970 | Image courtesy of The Eagle Mutiny

Clyde, left and Al, right, in Cambodia in front of their prison ship, 1970 | Image courtesy of The Eagle Mutiny

News footage of the captain and the ship after the mutiny

Al, 2018

For a detailed history of the events, we recommend the book The Eagle Mutiny, by Roberto Loiederman and Richard Linnett.

To find out more about different aspects of the Vietnam war check out the other WCH podcast episodes in our Vietnam war series:

• E14: The Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky and a member of the Vietnamese Women’s Union – about the geopolitics of the conflict and human cost, especially on women
• E10-11: The GI anti-war movement – about the resistance within the US military
• E8: The strike wave – about the wave of strikes which took place in the US during the war

MERCH
We’ve produced a range of merchandise commemorating the anti-war movement by service people during the Vietnam war using some of their original artwork to help fund our work. Check it out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/vietnam-gi-resistance

CORRECTION
Part 1: We erroneously say that Al was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Al was born in the military base at Ford Gorgon in Georgia. He later moved to Norfolk for his high school years.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
These episodes were written by WCH and Daniel Woldorff
Editing by Daniel Woldorff
Music composed by Austin Coulson: https://www.mixcloud.com/tsonazores/
Outro episode for episode 3 is Deep Water by the RJ Phillips Band. Stream it here: https://soundcloud.com/hillipsand/deep-water

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