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On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson admitted there was no US losses in the Gulf of Tonkin incident in a televised speech that was also published in leading newspapers the following day. This speech is now hidden in
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Not looking backward therefore shapes how we look forward. Let us begin by examining how the American establishment has failed to come to terms with the meaning of the American war in Vietnam by a calculated process of reframing
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On October 20, 1967 I stood on the steps of the Justice Department and returned my draft card to then US Attorney General Ramsey Clark. ... If it took going to jail as a way of serving my country then I was prepared to go.
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PLEASE WRITE A LETTER TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (THE WALL) When then-president Barack Obama announced his government was willing to spend $63 million on a series of commemorations of the American War in Viet Nam
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"There was a lot of guilt that I didn't have the courage to stand up on the day that we killed those people," explains Paul Cox. "But I decided I'm not gonna be quiet anymore. And I haven't been quiet since."
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"It wasn't like I planned to be a resister or a troublemaker or anything of the sort," explains Randy Rowland, an organizer of the "Presidio 27 Mutiny."
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This post originally appeared at the nytimes.com. Photo Credit: Na Kim By Viet Thanh Nguyen Mr. Nguyen is a novelist and contributing opinion writer. LOS ANGELES — What’s your name? Mine is Viet Thanh Nguyen,
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HÀ GIANG — Residents of Thanh Thuỷ Commune in Vị Xuyên District said they are still occasionally startled by an explosion somewhere in the mountains nearby, a cruel reminder of a bloody border war 40 years ago.
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We're seeking individuals who took a stand of some kind against war in general, or a specific war, while in uniform, or who refused to be drafted.
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“I was a coward, not for leaving the war, but for having been a part of it in the first place. I failed to fulfill my moral duty as a human being, and instead I chose to fulfill my duty as a soldier…. I am confined to a
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Photo: Matt Chase This article originally appeared at the nytimes.com. By Kevin Roose. Over the past few months, a fierce debate has erupted in Silicon Valley over whether large technology companies like Amazon, Google and
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In 1968 my friend Bruce Cline and I took symbolic sanctuary in the Unitarian Church in Buffalo, NY. Over the course of the nine days we were in Sanctuary we published a newsletter, a copy of the first edition is attached. Bruce
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Renewing Resistance in 2019 & Moving Forward. Select films, readings, books, websites, and music that tell the stories of 50 years of GI resistance.
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This article originally appeared at the bbc.com Agent Orange was the most notorious chemical defoliant sprayed by US forces over Vietnam to destroy jungles and vegetation during the Vietnam war. Agent Orange contained dioxin, one
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Photo: John Olson’s famous photo of wounded Marines being evacuated during the Battle of Hue in February 1968. John Olson/The LIFE Images Collection, via Getty Images This post originally appeared at the nytimes.com. A
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This article originally appeared at alternet.org. By Robert Scheer In conversation with Robert Scheer, veterans Ron Kovic and Maj. Danny Sjursen trace the United States’ violent trajectory since the Vietnam War. American
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Photo: A clergyman joining those burning draft cards at Arlington Street Church in Boston, October 1967. Joe Runci/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images This article originally appeared at the nytimes.com. By Michael Stewart
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Photo: The Harvey Richards Media Archive This article originally appeared at apjjf.org By Jerry Lembcke Recovering the history of in-service dissent during the war in Vietnam is of utmost importance. Recognition of that dissent
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Photo: Sonny Ross for The Washington Post. This article originally appeared at thewashingtonpost.com. By Philip Kennicott, Art and architecture critic The Vietnam War, which tore this country apart and forever changed its
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By David Cortright One of the least known but most important chapters in the history of America’s encounter with Vietnam was the internal rebellion that wracked the U.S. military. From the Long Binh jail in Vietnam, to Travis
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