Samuel Snow's family gets back pay with interest

Vet’s family gets back pay with interest

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 23, 2008 17:38:27 EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. — It took six decades, but Samuel Snow’s family is finally getting his back pay with interest. The World War II veteran had been denied the money for being wrongly convicted of participating in a riot that led to his imprisonment and dishonorable discharge from the Army.

Snow’s widow, Margaret, and son, Ray, received a check for almost $28,000 on Thursday, 64 years after Snow was convicted of a crime he did not commit. Snow died in July, shortly after the Army apologized and reversed his dishonorable discharge.

Ray Snow compared his father to the Biblical hero Job — an upright man who was punished for no good reason.
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