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The Fighting Bunch

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The Fighting Bunch

The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the

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7h 55m

Year

2020

Language

English

Tantor Media, Inc.

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The incredible, untold story of the WWII vets who overthrew their corrupt hometown government-the only successful armed rebellion on US soil since the War of Independence.

Corrupt politician Paul Cantrell was in complete control of McMinn County, Tennessee, his whims enforced by the violent Sheriff Pat Mansfield and his deputies. On Election Day, Cantrell and the sheriff seized the ballot boxes and brought them to the jail "to be counted" in secret. Soldiers came home from World War II to find their community in the grips of this corrupt political machine. These veteran soldiers, who became known as "The Fighting Bunch," armed themselves and lay siege to the jail as the National Guard closed in. After six hours of gunfire and dynamite blasts, Boss Cantrell and Sheriff Mansfield fled the state. The deputies surrendered. The ballot boxes were opened and counted. The GI slate was elected, and the story buried.

This episode in US history has never been more relevant, but has never been fully told. After years of research, including exclusive interviews with the remaining witnesses, archival radio broadcast and interview tapes, scrapbooks, letters, and diaries, author Chris DeRose has reconstructed one of the seminal-yet untold-events in American election history.

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General (United States)
United States (History)
History
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South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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General (World War II)
World War II
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Chris DeroseAuthor

David de VriesReader

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