January |
Capt. Ed Fox (Concerned Officers Movement) denied CO status by Army, granted CO status by Federal Courts. |
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January 19 |
Congressman Mitchell informed that barracks at Fort Meade “not suitable for human habitation” |
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February 1 |
Camp McCoy - SP/4 Tom Chase, SP/4 Steve Geden and PFC Daniel Kreps charged for the July 26, 1970 bombing of a Western Electric transformer and the central telephone exchange at Camp McCoy. |
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February 25 |
Clarksville - The Peoples House, the Ft Campbell GI organizing center, is unsuccessfully firebombed |
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March |
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam - Billy Smith arrested and accused of fragging three officers Lt. John Kent (Concerned Officers Movement) denied CO status by Navy, granted CO status by Federal Courts. |
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April |
Lt. Bob Brown (Concerned Officers Movement) given early out. |
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May 9 |
Long Binh, South Vietnam - Lt. Rory Sutton is kicked out of the army for wearing a black armband in support of anti-war Vietnam veterans who protested in Washington DC the month before. |
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May 21 |
Fort Greeley - Pvt. Ed Jurenas (editor of Arctic Arsenal) relieved of his duties. |
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May 23 |
Six black soldiers arrested for sabotaging a helicopter and breaking into an armory. |
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June |
Killeen - Tyrrell picketers arrested. Fort Greeley - Pvt. Ed Jurenas (editor of Arctic Arsenal) charged with “disrespect to an officer... disobeying a lawful order ... conduct impairing the loyalty, discipline and morale of the Army.” |
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June 18 |
Berlin - Ronald Bolden and Samuel Robertson, both of whom had been AWOL for 6 months, publicly surrendered in Berlin carrying a sign that read "Stop! Racism, discrimination and end the Vietnam War Now." |
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June 29 |
Washington DC - The US Court of Military Appeals rules that it is illegal for GIs and officers to “fraternize”. |
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June 30 |
6 GIs are busted by MPs for distributing “subversive literature”, the Declaration of Independence. |
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July 19 |
Darmstadt - 53 Black GIs march on the 93rd Signal Battalion Headquarters demanding the release of a brother in the stockade charged with “inciting a riot” after he was attacked by whites. The Brass busts 53 GIs but is later forced to release them because of mass protest on the base. |
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September 10 |
Karlsrühe - 10 GIs at Grezewski Barracks arrested for mutiny because they had insisted their commanding officer leave a meeting they were holding the night before. GI acquitted of charges that he and 7 others had broken into the Offices of Honeywell Corporation the previous May. Their defense was based on international law, including the Nuremberg Principles. |
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September 15 |
Following a picnic sponsored by a group of local anti war GIs, GIs from Fort Hood return to base in a 25 car motorcade. In a move to harass and intimidate them, police pull them over and arrest 34 people. |
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September 25 |
Fulda, West Germany - 56 GIs arrested for participating in an "illegal formation". |
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September 27 |
3 sailors, on the USS Coral Sea, busted for possession of antiwar material. |
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October 2 |
As part of the Stop Our Ship movement 9 sailors refuse to sail with the attack carrier Constellation bound for it’s 6th combat tour in South East Asia. All are busted and receive 30 days in jail. |
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November |
Iwakuni - Staff of GI paper Semper FI arrested for "aiding in the exposure of the presence of nuclear weapons on Iwakuni.". |
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November 1 |
Chicopee - GI organizing center Off The Runway closed because of "health violations.". |
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November 6 |
18 crew men of Coast Guard cutter Confidence disciplined for their refusal to intercept the Greenpeace, which was headed to Amchitka to protest nuclear test. |
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November 21 |
Mountain Home - The Covered Wagon coffee house destroyed by arson. |
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