The effort to prompt a renewed investigation of the suspicious death in Iraq of PFC LaVena Johnson has always had a strong ally in retired Army Colonel Ann Wright. Today, Col. Wright speaks out on LaVena’s case and that of other military women – in-theater and in the US – who have died following sexual [...]
From the monthly archives:
April 2008
The petition to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees asking the members of those bodies to direct the Army to revisit the investigation of the suspicious death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson is once again open for signatures and supportive comments. This reopening of the petition comes just one day after its announced closing. The [...]
As announced earlier, the name-gathering phase of the LaVena Johnson petition effort has come to an end. The next phase will consist of weeding out duplicate entries, formatting and printing copies of the document, and arranging for their delivery to the members of the two Armed Services Committees.
Information on the status of the petition effort [...]
On a program originally broadcast on August 3, 2007, Tom Klammer – host of Tell Somebody on Kansas City
KMOV in St. Louis reports today that Dr. John Johnson, father of LaVena, will travel to Washington to speak with legislators about his daughter’s story.
Johnson will get to tell his story on Wednesday in Washington as Congress investigates the war in Iraq.
Johnson [...]