We Shall Overcome: The Presidio Mutiny

On October 14, 1968, at San Francisco’s Presidio Stockade, 27 anti-war GIs staged a bold act of civil disobedience. Protesting brutal prison conditions and the moral wrong of the Vietnam War, they sat down on the stockade lawn, locked arms, and sang “We Shall Overcome.” For this nonviolent protest, the Army charged them with mutiny—a crime punishable by death—and sentenced them to more than a dozen years in prison. In this episode, we hear from members of the Presidio 27, their lawyer, and fellow GI resisters as they recount their defiance and expose the injustice of the war they opposed.