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THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE OF WW GOT THE brASS — PUT' OUT BT
G.I.'S, DESERTERS, AND RESISTERS IN EUROPE, UNITED BY OUR OPPOSITION- TO THE MINDLESS WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE PAWN OF THAT WAR,
THE U.S. AHMT. We are also united with the large number of
itol.'s in the States who have begun to say FTA: G.I.'s at every
base are now uniting, finding out that the only way to fight the
bullshit is to get together. This is their paper too — the
paper of the Presidio 27', the Gr.I.'s United Against the War at
Fort Jackson, the Fort Hood' 43, the American Deserters' Committees in Sweden, France, and Canada. And the Gr.I.r# in Japan
who got sick and tired of occupying a country that hated their
presence and deserted.  And the countless men in Vietnam who
died for something they didn't understand, and the many others w
who have seen that the war is not their war but the war of a
handful of fat cats back home, and' have acted by taking a permanent R&R in Japan (en route to Sweden).
WHAT UNITES US IS SIMPLE — the unwillingness to kill and
be> killed in a war that makes others rich, that our parenis pay
for, and that neither the Vietnamese or the majority of the
American people want. And the daily oppression of life in the
army, taking orders from stupid lifers, learning the robot
discipline that gets us prepared for life (?) on the
outside.
BUT WHAT DIVIDES US IS STRONG TOO — the fear of
theestockada, the isolation, being so far from home,
and the Feeling that it's impossible to act against
a monster the size of the U.S. army when you're
alone. But that's no longer true. We are no longei
alone. That is why this paper is your paper too;
it is the paper of everyone who gets fucked ovpr by
the army and begins to fight back. What
we can do is break down the army's news
blackout of G.I.'s fighting back - in this
issue we have concentrated on printing material
from Gr.I. underground papers in the SjBates.
What you can do is give us more to write about,.
ONE OTHER THING — the brass keeps telling you that the people stateside who demand
"End the war! Bring the troops home NOW!" are
your enemy. If you believe that the answer to
guys dying in vain is to have 40,000 more die,
probably dig their jive. We can't convince anyone
he's being fucked over (that's why we don't expect too
many lifers to dig WE GOT THE brASS). But many among
us have been stationed in Nam, Korea, Japan.  And we know that most
guys are hip to the unending stream of lies from Washington and its
owners, the corporations.  Bveryobe knows the Paris talks are bull-
shit" - yet guys get slaughtered "liberating" Hamburger Hill while
Lodge and crew live it up in Paris. No more lies about victory, now
just die to help the U.S. save face. We- have said no to their bullshit
- and begun to take control of our own lives. Join us!	
40 ,.000
you can
THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY.'   IT   CANNOT   BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.