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Part 2 of our 4-part series on the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia. Part of our first season of WCH Crime, the podcast where true crime meets the struggle for a better world.Listen to all 4 parts now, as well as 2 bonus episodes, and support our work on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull show notes for this episode, as well as pictures and more information are available here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/04/09/wch-crime-columbia-eagle-mutiny/There is a mini bonus episode attached to part 2, with more information about Clyde's early life, available for the relevant levels of our patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wch-crime-2-1-ep-25989651MERCHWe'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-resistanceACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThese episodes were written by WCH and Daniel WoldorffEditing by Daniel WoldorffMusic composed by Austin Coulson: https://www.mixcloud.com/tsonazores/

Penultimate part of our miniseries on the 1970 Columbia Eagle mutiny during the Vietnam war, when 2 American sailors hijacked their ship carrying napalm for US forces.You can support this podcast, listen to bonus audio and part 4 now on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull footnotes for this episode, along with photos and more information here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/04/09/wch-crime-columbia-eagle-mutiny/Merch commemorating the Vietnam GI resistance which supports our work available here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/vietnam-gi-resistanceACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThese episodes were written by WCH and Daniel WoldorffEditing by Daniel WoldorffMusic 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

Concluding part of our miniseries on the Columbia Eagle mutiny during the Vietnam war in 1970, when two anti-war American sailors hijacked their ship full of napalm and sailed it to Cambodia.Bonus episode 4.1 is available for our $5 and above patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wch-crime-4-1-ep-25989867You can support this podcast, listen to 2 bonus episodes as part of this series, and get exclusive early access to future episodes and other benefits at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull footnotes and more information about this episode on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/04/09/wch-crime-columbia-eagle-mutiny/Pictured: Al todayACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThese episodes were written by WCH and Daniel WoldorffEditing by Daniel WoldorffMusic 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

First episode of the WCH Crime podcast, about the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia.You can listen to all 4 parts of this series, plus 2 bonus episodes, by supporting us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull footnotes for this episode, including photos and more information are here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/04/09/wch-crime-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.All four parts, and two additional bonus episodes, are available for all of our patrons contributing $5 a month or more. For everyone else, subsequent parts will be released each week.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.We have been working on this miniseries for almost a year, and have put in so many hours we lost count some time ago. We are taking time out from our day jobs through 2019 to devote more time to WCH and podcast, but this will only be sustainable in the longer term if we get more support from our listeners on patreon. So if you appreciate what we do, and if you can afford it, please consider supporting us. If you can't afford it, no problem, please just give us a review on your podcast app, and share episodes on social media.MORE INFORMATIONWe will be adding more information about the mutiny, as well as photographs and videos to this our website shortly at https://workingclasshistory.com 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 is about the geopolitics of the conflict and human cost, especially on women, E10-11: The GI anti-war movement, E8: The strike wave is about the wave of strikes which took place in the US during the warMERCHWe'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-resistanceCORRECTIONSPart 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.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThese episodes were written by WCH and Daniel WoldorffEditing by Daniel WoldorffMusic composed by Austin Coulson: https://www.mixcloud.com/tsonazores/