Talk:20th Special Forces Group

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Allegations of involvement in assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr[edit]

Steve Tompkins, a Memphis Commercial Appeal reporter, and William Pepper, attorney for James Earl Ray, spread allegations that a "team of Green Berets" from the 20th SFG was in Memphis "carrying out an unknown mission" on April 4, 1968, the day that Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated. Their claims were attributed to uncredited sources, and later discredited entirely by Colonel Lee Mize, General William Yarborough, General Henry Cobb and officials at the Special Forces Association. Billy Ray Eidson, an operative named in Pepper's book (which claimed he had died) was informed of the allegations and successfully sued Pepper and his publishers for libel. Ref: Branston, John (July 17, 1997) "Double Exposure: How a Reporter's 'Scoop' in the King Assassination Turned into a Prime-time Embarassment" Memphis Flyer --Dystopos (talk) 18:07, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]