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DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967 ENDLESS ESCALATION . . . * f. More and more bombing, including population centers. More and more napalm. More and more poisoning chemicals. More and more U.S. troops. 2. Forced hat-in-hand negotiations. Ignore the Geneva accords. Permanent U.S. control of South Vietnam. Terms which the Vietnamese can never accept. 3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—IN BOXES!! END THE WAR * Immediate unconditional halt of all bombing in North and South Vietnam, followed by a cease-fire on the ground. Implementation of the Geneva agreements, which forbid foreign bases in Vietnam and require prompt withdrawal of a!i foreign troops. True self determination for the Vietnamese, 3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—ALIVE!! WHAT 7 MILITARY LEADERS SAY ABOUT VIETNAM: GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGEWAY. c<—„ U.S. forces during the Korean War, writing in Look Magazine, 5 April 1967. "It Is my firm belief thaï or in our code that requires into the stone age.". there is nothing in the present situation us to bomb a small Asian nation back GENERAL DAVID the U.S. Marine Corps, May 1966. Mi SHUllr Former Commandant speaking at Pierce College, Los Angeles, "You read/ you're televised to, you're preached to, that it is necessary that we have our armed forces fight, get killed and maimed/ and kill and maim other human beings including women and children because now is the time we must stop some kind of unwanted ideology from creeping up on this nation. The place we chose to do this is 8,000 miles away with water in between ... "The reasons fed to us are too shallow and narrow for students, as well as other citizens. Especially so, when you realize that what is happening, no matter how carefully and slowly the military escalation has progressed, may be projecting us toward world catastrophe. Surely, it is confusing . . . "I want to tell you, I aon't think the whole of South East Asia, as related to the present and future safety and freedom of the people of this country, is worth the life or limb of a single American . . . "I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar- crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. That they design and want. That they fight and work for. And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans." LT. GENERAL JAMES GAVIN Testifying before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 21 February 1967. U.S. ". . . bombing attacks intended to achieve psychological impact through the killing of noncombatants is unquestionably wrong. Likewise the attack of targets near areas highly populated by civilians, where civilians are likely to be casualt.es, is also militarily as well as morally wrong . . . "I believe that we can negotiate with Hanoi and with the National Liberation Front confident that a free, neutral and independent Vietnam can be established, with guarantees of stability from an international body." BRIG. GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE FORD wmm to the Editor of the New York Times, 27 April 1967 (published 3 May 1967). "The time has come, however, to strike down the implications that whoever does not follow blindly and uncomplainingly in the steady expansion of this war is somehow unpatriotic. Stalwart heroes of the Army and of West Point, who also learned well the motto 'Duty, Honor, Country,' have counseled against a land war in Asia. One thinks of MacArthur, of Ridgeway, of Gavin. There are others. "I volunteered in World War I and served every day in that war, every day in World War II, and every day during the Korean War. If called, I am quite ready to serve again. This does not release me from the duty, nor deny me the right, of trying to keep my country on a provident and enlightened course. "I besought my newly elected Representative in 1965 to try to keep us from further involvement in Vietnam. I voted in 1964 for the Presidential candidate who opposed escalation of the conflict. I am still trying. I consider it the highest patriotism." REAR ADMIRAL ARNOLD E. TRUE »>,,,„,„, the Editor of the Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, 3 March, 1966. "We can end the Vietnam fiasco without dishonor by (1) dealing with the Vietcong as a major party to the war, (2) implement the Geneva Accords, (3) withdrawing our troops and (4) letting the Vietnamese settle their own problems .... "General Ky is naturally willing to fight to the last American soldier and the last American dollar. It is about time that Americans should make their own decisions and stop blabbing about 'commitments' and saying 'it is up to Hanoi'." BRIG. GENERAL HUGH B. HESTER cago Veterans for Peace in Vietnam, 8 May, 1967. Writing to Chi- I oppose the Vietnamese War now, not only because it is being waged in violation of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. treaty obligations under the U.N. Charter, but also because it is in violation of the basic interests of the American people. The Vietnam War is not a war of self-defense or even of general self-interest. . . . This is an illegal, immoral and wholly unnecessary war. "And I hope that these veterans now working for a sane American future will take this opportunity to set up an effective organization, perhaps along a loose confederation line, to work for a prompt end to a war which is betraying our great traditions as a free, just and peace-loving people. "I know of no more fitting or proper task for men who have demonstrated their devotion and loyalty to the American people by risking their lives in combat, than by protesting against the terribly dangerous and unnecessary war the Johnson Administration is imposing upon the people of Vietnam. Their action, I believe, in doing these things, constitutes the exercise of patriotism in Its very highest form." Sponsored by: Veterans Against ED CHALOM, CHAIRMAN * OUR MEN ARE DYING War BRIG. GENERAL ROBERT L HUGHES v.s. a™* Re- serve, speaking at the State Capitol, Madison, Wise, 30 May, 1967. ". . . We are prosecuting an immoral war in support of a government that is a dictatorship by design. It represents nothing but a ruling clique and is composed of morally corrupt leaders who adhere to a warlord philosophy." ... "In this new era of political unrest, we cannot police the worid, we cannot impose our social system on other nations. We stand alone in Vietnam with token forces from some other countries and mercenaries from Korea paid by the United States." "We are losing the flower of American youth in a war that could stretch into perpetuity. After four years of fighting we cannot be sure of the security of villages three miles from Saigon, because we can't tell the good guys from the bad guys." "We are in that position because we selected sides in a civil war. "This is one hell of a war to be fighting. 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[• :■■»»■ .■. .-.. ... »»:•»»:••»»:•»»».. x ■ ■.•.;.■.'.•- ■K* ■»1 ,;■.-, WM ■■.:■:■•-: •■■•'■•' ..!.... .——-..——- ' Ï*:-; Vietnam Veterans denounce the war they fought in New York, 15 April 1967. Photo by Ted Reich. THIS WAR AFFECTS YOUR UFE TOO The billions being spenf to destroy and kill can well be spent tor constructive purposes and yet your increasing tax dollars support this war whether you like it or not. The same reasoning that leads the Administration to rely on violence to achieve its goal o-f "pacification" in Vietnam extends even into our own cities where violence and frustration are visited upon the underprivileged o\ our society. Why should Johnson be appalled at the exercise of police force at home when he sanctions violence as the basis of his foreign policy? Our government can stop this senseless killing now. Make your protest known in every way you can. Use the coupon below to show your moral support. VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR MOI West Warren Detroit, Michigan 48201 □ Please send copies of this ad at $3.00 per 100. I enclose $ for this purpose. □ Please send information of the work of the Veterans Against the War. □ Here is my contribution of $ for this advertisement. to help pay Name Address Phone VAIN. BRING THEM HOME NOW—ALIVE!
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
August 6, 1967
ENDLESS ESCALATION . . .
*
f. More and more bombing, including population centers.
More and more napalm. More and more poisoning chemicals. More and more U.S. troops.
2. Forced hat-in-hand negotiations. Ignore the Geneva accords. Permanent U.S. control of South Vietnam. Terms
which the Vietnamese can never accept.
3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—IN BOXES!!
END THE WAR
*
Immediate unconditional halt of all bombing in North
and South Vietnam, followed by a cease-fire on the
ground.
Implementation of the Geneva agreements, which forbid
foreign bases in Vietnam and require prompt withdrawal
of a!i foreign troops. True self determination for the
Vietnamese,
3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—ALIVE!!
WHAT 7 MILITARY LEADERS SAY ABOUT VIETNAM:
GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGEWAY. c<—„
U.S. forces during the Korean War, writing in Look Magazine, 5 April
1967.
"It Is my firm belief thaï
or in our code that requires
into the stone age.".
there is nothing in the present situation
us to bomb a small Asian nation back
GENERAL DAVID
the U.S. Marine Corps,
May 1966.
Mi SHUllr Former Commandant
speaking at Pierce College, Los Angeles,
"You read/ you're televised to, you're preached to, that it is necessary
that we have our armed forces fight, get killed and maimed/ and kill
and maim other human beings including women and children because
now is the time we must stop some kind of unwanted ideology from
creeping up on this nation. The place we chose to do this is 8,000 miles
away with water in between ...
"The reasons fed to us are too shallow and narrow for students, as well
as other citizens. Especially so, when you realize that what is happening,
no matter how carefully and slowly the military escalation has progressed,
may be projecting us toward world catastrophe. Surely, it is confusing . . .
"I want to tell you, I aon't think the whole of South East Asia, as
related to the present and future safety and freedom of the people of
this country, is worth the life or limb of a single American . . .
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-
crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed,
exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. That they
design and want. That they fight and work for. And if unfortunately their
revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to
share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they
get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want
and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans."
LT. GENERAL JAMES GAVIN Testifying before the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 21 February 1967.
U.S.
". . . bombing attacks intended to achieve psychological impact through
the killing of noncombatants is unquestionably wrong. Likewise the attack
of targets near areas highly populated by civilians, where civilians are
likely to be casualt.es, is also militarily as well as morally wrong . . .
"I believe that we can negotiate with Hanoi and with the National
Liberation Front confident that a free, neutral and independent Vietnam
can be established, with guarantees of stability from an international
body."
BRIG. GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE FORD wmm
to the Editor of the New York Times, 27 April 1967 (published 3
May 1967).
"The time has come, however, to strike down the implications that whoever does not follow blindly and uncomplainingly in the steady expansion
of this war is somehow unpatriotic. Stalwart heroes of the Army and of
West Point, who also learned well the motto 'Duty, Honor, Country,' have
counseled against a land war in Asia. One thinks of MacArthur, of
Ridgeway, of Gavin. There are others.
"I volunteered in World War I and served every day in that war, every
day in World War II, and every day during the Korean War. If called,
I am quite ready to serve again. This does not release me from the duty,
nor deny me the right, of trying to keep my country on a provident and
enlightened course.
"I besought my newly elected Representative in 1965 to try to keep us
from further involvement in Vietnam. I voted in 1964 for the Presidential
candidate who opposed escalation of the conflict. I am still trying. I
consider it the highest patriotism."
REAR ADMIRAL ARNOLD E. TRUE »>,,,„,„, the
Editor of the Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, 3 March, 1966.
"We can end the Vietnam fiasco without dishonor by (1) dealing with
the Vietcong as a major party to the war, (2) implement the Geneva
Accords, (3) withdrawing our troops and (4) letting the Vietnamese settle
their own problems ....
"General Ky is naturally willing to fight to the last American soldier
and the last American dollar. It is about time that Americans should
make their own decisions and stop blabbing about 'commitments' and
saying 'it is up to Hanoi'."
BRIG. GENERAL HUGH B. HESTER
cago Veterans for Peace in Vietnam, 8 May, 1967.
Writing to Chi-
I oppose the Vietnamese War now, not only because it is being waged in
violation of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. treaty obligations under the
U.N. Charter, but also because it is in violation of the basic interests of
the American people. The Vietnam War is not a war of self-defense or
even of general self-interest. . . . This is an illegal, immoral and wholly
unnecessary war.
"And I hope that these veterans now working for a sane American future
will take this opportunity to set up an effective organization, perhaps
along a loose confederation line, to work for a prompt end to a war which
is betraying our great traditions as a free, just and peace-loving people.
"I know of no more fitting or proper task for men who have demonstrated their devotion and loyalty to the American people by risking their
lives in combat, than by protesting against the terribly dangerous and
unnecessary war the Johnson Administration is imposing upon the people
of Vietnam. Their action, I believe, in doing these things, constitutes the
exercise of patriotism in Its very highest form."
Sponsored by:
Veterans Against
ED CHALOM, CHAIRMAN
*
OUR MEN ARE DYING
War
BRIG. GENERAL ROBERT L HUGHES v.s. a™* Re-
serve, speaking at the State Capitol, Madison, Wise, 30 May, 1967.
". . . We are prosecuting an immoral war in support of a government
that is a dictatorship by design. It represents nothing but a ruling clique
and is composed of morally corrupt leaders who adhere to a warlord
philosophy." ...
"In this new era of political unrest, we cannot police the worid, we
cannot impose our social system on other nations. We stand alone in
Vietnam with token forces from some other countries and mercenaries
from Korea paid by the United States."
"We are losing the flower of American youth in a war that could stretch
into perpetuity. After four years of fighting we cannot be sure of the
security of villages three miles from Saigon, because we can't tell the good
guys from the bad guys."
"We are in that position because we selected sides in a civil war.
"This is one hell of a war to be fighting. We must disengage from this
tragic war."
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