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Washington DC - First large antiwar demonstration, organized by SDS. |
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October 11 |
New York City - A large group of World War 2 veterans join 25,000 other people in the first big demonstration against the Vietnam War. |
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November 2 |
Washington DC - Norman Morrison sets himself on fire in front in front of The Pentagon in protest of the war in Vietnam. |
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November 6 |
El Paso - Lieutenant Henry H. Howe, Jr. joins a demonstration, to protest the war in Vietnam. Off-duty and wearing civilian clothes, he carried a placard which read, "End Johnson's Fascist Aggression in Vietnam." Although he broke no laws, including military regulations, he was arrested and surrendered to military police. |
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November 9 |
New York City - Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam. |
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November 24 |
The Ad Hoc Committee of Veterans For Peace in Vietnam sponsor a full page ad in the New York Times denouncing the war in Vietnam. The ad contains the signatures of 500 veterans. |
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November 27 |
>Washington DC - 35,000 anti-war protesters circle the White House then march on to the Washington Monument for a rally. |
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December 1 |
Active duty GI’s Sgt. George Smith and Sp.5 Claude McClure, after being released as Prisoners of War by the Viet Cong, announced their plans to “Quit the army and get the United States out of Vietnam”. |
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1966 |
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February |
Having retired from the Marine Corps, Master Sgt. Donald Duncan publishes “The Whole Thing was a Lie,” a stinging rebuke of US involvement in Vietnam in Ramparts. |
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February 2 |
New York City - Edward Bloch, a former marine in World War 2, along with other members of Vets For Peace lead an anti war protest that blocks rush hour traffic in Times Square. |
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February 5 |
Washington DC - During an anti war protest a group of veterans attempt to return their discharge papers and war medals to President Lyndon Johnson. Later that spring members of Veterans and Reservists to End the War in Vietnam burn their military discharge papers in opposition to the Vietnam war. |
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March 3 |
New York City - Donald Duncan is the featured speaker at an anti war meeting held at the Town Hall in Manhattan. |
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March 26 |
New York City - New York City - New York City - At the Second International Day of Protest against the Vietnam war a large contingent of Veterans For Peace lead an anti war march of 30,000 people down 5th Ave. Demonstrations also take place in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and other major cities around the country. Many of these protest marches were led by contingents bearing the signs “Veterans and Reservists For Peace.”. |
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1967 |
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April 15 |
New York City - Vietnam Veterans participate in antiwar demonstration. |
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May |
Fort Sill - Six GIs (Sp/5 Paul J. Gaedtke, Pvt. A. D. Stapp, Sp/4 Richard Wheaton, Pvt. Stan Ingerman, PFC T. E. O'Reilly, and Pvt. J. R. Wood) send telegram of support which said: "We support you in your courageous stand against America's dirty imperialist war in Vietnam. You have recognized that as a doctor your duty lies in healing the sick, not in training Gestapo-like Green Beret killers. We wish you luck in your trial and hope others will follow your example" to Dr. Howard Levy. Washington DC - More than 1000, including Veterans, reservists and their families demonstrate in DC calling on Johnson to withdraw all troops from Vietnam. 3 Vietnam Veterans, including Donald Duncan testify before the Russell International War Crimes Tribunal about atrocities in Vietnam. |
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May 30 |
Jeff Sharlett "a Vietnam veteran and now chairman of the SDS chapter at Indiana University" addressed a rally saying "the U.S. was the aggressor" and urged young men to refuse induction. |
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June 1 |
Fort Sheridan - 4 GIs [PFC Robert Dietz, PFC Robert Barknam, Pvt Rodney Jackson, Pvt Eugene Melnick] send letter of support to Capt. Howard Levy. |
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July 4 |
Philadelphia - Vietnam Veterans Against the War participate in antiwar demonstration in downtown across the street from Independence Hall. |
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July 27 |
Camp Pendelton - In the aftermath of the Detroit riots, William Harvey and George Daniels urge other Marines to request "captain's mast" to protest, "going over there and fighting the Vietnamese and coming back here and fighting the white man." The next morning, Harvey, Daniels and a dozen others tried unsuccessfully to see the captain ... and then returned to their duties." |
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August 5 |
New York City - Veterans and civilians march into demand release of Dr. Howard Levy. |
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October 21 |
Washington DC - 75,000 March on the Pentagon among them a contingent from VVAW. Liberation News Service reported that 4 soldiers defending the Pentagon switched sides and joined the demonstration. |
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