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Paul AtwoodPaul AtwoodPaul Atwoodanemptytextlline
I was born immediately after the Second World War. I always think I was born in the shadow of the bomb, and there was never a... -
Skip DelanoSkip DelanoSkip Delanoanemptytextlline
I joined the Army in February 1967. I got to Vietnam in May, and by August I was very clearly against the war and against the... -
Donald DuncanDonald DuncanDonald Duncananemptytextlline
Heading up operations of a new, very hush-hush project called Delta — a name that lives to this day — I had to pour over MACV... -
Dave ClineDave ClineDave Clineanemptytextlline
Dave Cline In training they gave you basically two things: either you were going over there to help the people of South Vietnam fight against Communist... -
Howard LevyHoward LevyHoward Levyanemptytextlline
I was part of a plan whereby doctors could defer being called into the Army to allow them to finish whatever specialty training they were doing.... -
Keith MatherKeith MatherKeith Matheranemptytextlline
My mother gave me an address and phone number of the War Resisters League. I met up with these people and they introduced me to other... -
Randy RowlandRandy RowlandRandy Rowlandanemptytextlline
October 12, 1968 was going to be the first big GI and Veterans' March for Peace in the San Francisco Bay area. And so, like the... -
Susan SchnallSusan SchnallSusan Schnallanemptytextlline
My father was killed during the Second World War, in 1945 on Guam in the Pacific. He died a hero. They landed on the beachhead and... -
Steve SpundSteve SpundSteve Spundanemptytextlline
I told my family I was on 30-day leave. But after 30 days were up, my father became suspicious and knew something was wrong. A short... -
Greg PaytonGreg PaytonGreg Paytonanemptytextlline
Greg Payton I was in a supply unit in Vietnam located in Long Binh. We went out on the field depot and I worked a location... -
Dennis StoutDennis StoutDennis Stoutanemptytextlline
On my first operation we took this village, there wasn't any resistance, but there had been some sniper fire. We were told us to clear... -
Terry IrvinTerry IrvinTerry Irvinanemptytextlline
GI Alliance and the GIs, Sailors and Airmen's Coalition had joined forces at Fort Lewis and McChord Air Base in Washington. In 1971 we decided a... -
William ShortWilliam ShortWilliam Shortanemptytextlline
I served with the Blue Spaders 1 BN 26 INF First Infantry Division, otherwise known as the "Bloody Red One" from February, 1969 to July, 1969.... -
Dave BlalockDave BlalockDave Blalockanemptytextlline
One night we were sitting around the barracks in Vietnam getting high and smoking dope and passing around this full page ad in The New York... -
Clarence FitchClarence FitchClarence Fitchanemptytextlline
My father was in the military in World War II, and even though he was in a segregated army, it was very much a part of... -
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Jack TraceyJack TraceyJack Traceyanemptytextlline
In the middle of my tour I got a telegram saying I needed to go home because my father was sick in the hospital. I went... -
Andy StappAndy StappAndy Stappanemptytextlline
In 1965 four of us burned our draft cards and got booted out of Penn State. I remember feeling that the U.S. was committing war crimes... -
Jim PackerJim PackerJim Packeranemptytextlline
I was part of the first parade, the only parade, Vietnam veterans ever got during the war. That was back when I was stationed at Camp... -
Alan KleinAlan KleinAlan Kleinanemptytextlline
I was born in Germany in 1946 to parents who were survivors of the camps. All my relatives were victims of World War II. The ideas... -
Michael HoveyMichael HoveyMichael Hoveyanemptytextlline
I had been a seminarian in high school, planning to become a priest. But in the summer of 1970 I was suddenly a man without a... -
Oliver HirschOliver HirschOliver Hirschanemptytextlline
After going back and forth for months about what was going on in Vietnam, and arguing about what to do about the whole thing, a friend... -
Harry HainesHarry HainesHarry Hainesanemptytextlline
I had been stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado as a radio specialist. I became caught up in this little group that was putting out the newspaper... -
Carl DixCarl DixCarl Dixanemptytextlline
I got the first draft notice in April, 1968, a couple of days after Martin Luther King was killed and the rebellion swept the cities. I... -
Charlie ClementsCharlie ClementsCharlie Clementsanemptytextlline
I grew up on military bases because my father was in the Air Force, and I suppose I was groomed from the time I was a... -
Ben ChittyBen ChittyBen Chittyanemptytextlline
I didn't have any objections to going into the Navy, it was something that I figured was expected of me. All of my male relatives had... -
Roger BroomfieldRoger BroomfieldRoger Broomfieldanemptytextlline
I was drafted at 19 years old. My friend and I picked MP school -- we thought of Market Street in San Francisco, wearing our MP... -
Joe BangertJoe BangertJoe Bangertanemptytextlline
I enlisted in the Marine Corps in February of 1967 as an escape. I was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Philadelphia, and the first time... -
Curt Stocker & Tom RobertsCurt Stocker & Tom RobertsCurt Stocker & Tom Robertsanemptytextlline
TOM: Curt and I had only known each other for one day in Vietnam and less than a day at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs when... -
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Gerry CondonGerry CondonGerry Condonanemptytextlline
Basic training was really brutal and rude. It kind of shocked me and the inhumanity of it reinforced my doubts about war. Just to survive the... -
Lamont SteptoeLamont SteptoeLamont Steptoeanemptytextlline
The racist comments by the veterans who were training us in Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) — them saying the word gook and mocking Vietnam as a... -
Steve FournierSteve FournierSteve Fournieranemptytextlline
Steve Fournier I was in a supply unit in Vietnam located in Long Binh. We went out on the field depot and I worked a location deck.... -
John TumaJohn TumaJohn Tumaanemptytextlline
At my first duty station in Vietnam, a Military Intelligence detachment, I refused to work with South Vietnamese interpreters who were using physical coercion in order... -
Mike WongMike WongMike Wonganemptytextlline
I was born and raised in San Francisco, in the Polk District, which at that time was mostly a Chinese district. The Chinese have a real...
A Matter of Conscience
GI Resistance during the Vietnam War
