303. Yesteryear's Queers' Word of the Day #34 - Blue Discharge

Blue Discharge

From 1945 to 1947, gays discovered

in the US armed forces received less than honorable discharges

and were often sentenced to hard labor,

without an appeal process

-1940s-

"My buddy Fred survived D Day on Omaha Beach but didn't survive the army - they gave him a blue discharge!"

Click here to read an article about the process on the National Park Service website