Appendix B Original Charge Sheet Camp Hood, Texas, 17 July 1944

Name of accused: Robinson, Jack R. 0-1031586 Second Lieutenant, Cavalry Company C 758th

Tank Battalion

Charge I: Violation of the 63rd Article of War

Specification 1: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson, Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, did, at Camp Hood, Texas, on or about 6 July 1944, behave himself with disrespect toward Captain Peeler L. Wigginton, Quartermaster Corps, 1848th Unit, Eighth Service Command, Army Service Forces, his superior officer, by saying to him, “Captain, any Private, you, are any General calls me a nigger and I’ll break them in two, I don’t know the definition of the word,” or words to that effect, and by speaking to the said Captain Peeler L. Wigginton in an insolent, impertinent and rude manner.

Specification 2: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, did, at Camp Hood, Texas, on or about 6 July 1944, behave himself with disrespect toward Captain Gerald M. Bear, Corps Military Police, 1848th Unit, Eighth Service Command, Army Services Forces, his superior officer, by contemptuously bowing to him and giving him several sloppy salutes repeating several times “OK Sir,” “OK Sir” or words to that effect, and by acting in an insolent, impertinent, and rude manner toward the said captain Gerald M. Bear.

Charge II: Violation of the 64th Article of War

Specification: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson, Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, having received a lawful order from Captain Gerald M. Bear, Corps Military Police, 1848th Unit, Eighth Service Command, Army Service Forces, his superior officer, to remain in a receiving room and be seated in a chair on the far side of the receiving room, did, at Camp Hood, Texas, on or about 6 July 1944 willfully disobey the same.

Charge III: Violation of the 95th Article of War

Specification 1: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson, Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, did, at Camp Hood, Texas on or about 6 July 1944, wrongfully use the following abusive and vulgar language toward Milton N. Renegar, a civilian, Hood Village, Texas, “I’m not going to move a God damn bit” or words to that effect, and called the said Milton N. Renegar a “son of a bitch,” in the presence of ladies.

Specification 2: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson, Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, did, at Camp Hood, Texas on or about 6 July 1944, wrongfully say the following vile and obscene language toward Elizabeth Poitevint, a civilian, Killeen, Texas, “You better quit fuckin with me” or words to that effect.

Specification 3: In that Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson, Cavalry, Company C, 758th Tank Battalion, did, at Camp Hood, Texas on or about 6 July 1944, wrongfully use vile, obscene, and abusive language in a public place in the presence of ladies, to wit, on a public bus and at the Central Bus Station, Camp Hood, Texas.