2010.54.9063

Wanted For War Crimes:General Frederick Woerner
Late 20th - Early 21st Century
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.9063


Poster has a photograph of General Frederick Woerner. Top of poster has: "Wanted / For War Crimes" printed in black. Middle of poster has: "General Frederick Woerner / Commander of the U.S. Sixth Army, Presidio / General Woerner has participated in counter-insurgency / campaigns in Central America for two decades: / -From 1966-68, he was a U.S. military advisor in Guatemala during a repressive / campaign in which up to 8,000 civilians were massacred. Woerner headed the Civic / Action program, which even he described as a "military weapon in counter-insurgency." / -Recently, Woerner has served in El Salvador and Panama as a commander for the / U.S. Southern Command, which runs the U.S. war effort in Central America. In the / Woerner Report, he recommended a quick victory in El Salvador that would have taken / 350,000 Salvadoran lives. / -Currently, Woerner is Commanding General of the U.S. Sixth Army at the / Presidio of San Francisco, where his main task is to prepare National Guard and / Reserve troops from the 12 Western states for a future invasion of Central America. In the / event of direct combat, half of the U.S. troops would be Reserves or National Guard. / March On The / Presidio" printed in black. This is followe dby more information about the march.
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