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Army unveils memorial to a Black soldier lynched on military base 80 years ago

Aug. 3, 2021, 6:18 p.m.

(CNN) Pvt. Felix Hall was barely an adult when he was found hanging from a tree on a segregated army base in Georgia in 1941. His killers were never prosecuted but 80 years later, the US Army has unveiled a memorial to honor the Black soldier who is the only known victim of a lynching on a US military installation.

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