Calendar for June 1965 - 1973

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GI Movement Timeline for June (1965 - 1973)
The War and other developments
		1963
11		Bhuddist monk immolates himself to protest Governments policies on religion:		Saigon, Vietnam
12		Medgar Evers assasinated
		1964
21		James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner murdered by the KKK		Philadelphia, Mississippi
		1965
12		The Beatles appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen.		London
18		Ky takes power in South Vietnam as the new prime minister with Thieu functioning as official chief of state.		Saigon, Vietnam
		1966
6		James Meredith is shot while trying to march across Mississippi
19		U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee charges that communists have played a key role in anti-war demonstrations .		Wasahington D.C.
29		US bomb oil depots around Hanoi and Haiphong.
		1967
2		Beatles releazse Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
10		The Pentagon admits that the number of Americans killed or wounded in Vietnam, since January 1, 1961, had exceeded 75,000 (10,956 killed and 66,130 wounded)
16 - 18		Monterey Pop Festival		Monterey Bay
		1968
3		Andy Warhol shot by Valerie Solanas		New York City
5		Senator Robert Kennedy is shot by Sirhan Sirhan, he dies the next day.		Los Angeles
8		James Earl Ray arrested for killing Martin Luther King		London, UK
26		Battle of Khe Sanh officially ends and the fire- base abandoned. This battle, which Johnson and Westmoreland hoped would lure the NVA out into the open so they could be devastated by air strikes from B52s, was declared to be the most important fulcrum of the war by the Brass during the Tet OIffensive. When the US military abandoned the base, leaving it for the NVA to occupy, 2,300 marines had been killed or wounded in the 6 months of the seige.		Khe Sanh, Vietnam
		1969
8		Nixon announces the first withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam.
18		SDS National Conference ends in chaos as the organization splits into two ideologially incompatable factions.		Chicago
25		Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal reveals the U.S. Military had underchargedthe producers of The Green Beret for use of military facilities nd equipment		Wahington DC
28		Stonewall Riots		New York City
		1970
n.d.		82nd Airborne Division and units in West Germany put on "red alert" to go to Jordan where Palestinian freedom fighters rise up against Pro-US King Hussein
10		Voting age in U.S. lowered to 18
22		U.S. use of defoliants in Vietnam as airborne weapon halted. People continue to die and be disfigured as a result of these weapons to the present day.		Vietnam
24		Gulf of Tonkin Resolution symbolically repealed by U.S. Senate. Has no effect on either the war or the President's ability to freely wage it.		Washington DC
		1971
13 - 15		Excerpts of The Pentagon Papers published in the New York Times 40 years later the collection of government documments known as the Pentagon Papers will be officially declassified, with 11 words redacted.
		1972
17		Watergate break-in
GI Papers, Coffeehouses and Organizations
		1967
n.d.		Committee for GI Rights founded
1		Vietnam Veterans Against the War founded		New York City
23		First issue of The Bond published
		1968
n.d.		Oleo Strut Coffeehouse opens		Killeen
12		Summer of Support announces plans to open GI coffeehouses and projects in military towns across the country.		San Francisco
23		First issue of Fun Travel Adventure (FTA) published		Fort Knox
		1969
n.d		First issue of The Graffiti published.		Heidelberg
n.d		First issue of Rough Draft published.		Fort Eustis
15		Jeff Sharlet, founder/editor of first nationwide GI paper - Vietnam GI, dies of cancer at the age of 28		Miami
19		Bob Kukiel requests permission to distribute the Bill of Rights and Head-On! on-base		Camp Lejeune
21		Antiwar leaflet distributed on-base.		Fort Meade
26		First issue of GI Press Service published.		New York City
30		Committee of Fort Jackson Conscientious Objectors founded.		Fort Jackson
		1970
n.d		First issue of All Hands Abandon Ship published		Newport N.S.
n.d		First issue of Encore published		Camp Lejeune
n.d.		First issue of Napalm published		Fort Campbell
n.d		First issue of Our Thing published		Redstone Arsenal
n.d.		Bureau of Revolutionary Personnel founded		Fort Campbell
3		First issue of GI Alliance Newsletter published.		Washington D.C.
16		First issue of sNorton Bird published.		Norton AFB
		1971
n.d.		First issue of Off the Brass published.		Pease AFB
n.d		First issue of Travisty published		Travis AFB
n.d		First issue of Fragging Action published		Fort Dix
n.d		First issue of Where Are We published		Fort Huachuca
n.d.		Fort Hood United Front founded.		Fort Hood
n.d		Fort Jackson GI Center opens.		Fort Jackson
		1972
13		After the Liberation Hangaris denied a permit to show movies and host lectures, the staff sue the city of Fairfield CA and the CO of Travis AFB. They win $1500 and a permit		Fairfield
14		Supreme Court rules the military can not delimit the distribution of GI papers on areas of bases open to thne public.
		1973
Protests and Demonstrations
		1967
1		4 GIs [PFC Robert Dietz, PFC Robert Barknam, Pvt Rodney Jackson, Pvt Eugene Melnick] send letter of support to Capt. Howard Levy		Fort Sheridan
16		Senator Fulbright reads an anti-war letter, from a Second Lieutenant stationed in Vietnam, into the Congressionbal Record
		1968
8		GI-civilian demonstration and picket in support of Ken Stolte and Dan Amick.		Seattle
20		Fort Ord Band deliberately play out of tune as protest against war.		Fort Ord
23		Allen Loehmer given sanctuary.		Providence
		1969
n.d.		The June 26, 1969, issue of Time Magazine reports that GIs in South Vietnam were reacting unfavorably to Nixon's decision to withdraw 25,000 men from Vietnam. The report cites Specialist 4/c Arthur Jaramillo a Sergeant in the 25th Division who said "You can have this war and shove it. Why don't they pull us all out?".		Vietnam
n.d.		GI Press Service reprints letter, sent to The Ultimate Weapon, from a GI who claims most servicemen in Vietnam "openly wear peace medals ands buttons on their uniforms.".
n.d.		Kaiserlautern, West Germany - GI antiwar demonstration.
11		GIs petition the base commander for permission to distribute the Bill of Rights on base		Fort Dix
14		GIs United distribute petition calling for end to military harassment of former Fort Jackson 8 defendants.		Fort Jackson
14		GI-civilian Victory Picnic.		Philadelphia
20		Brass allow antiwar demonstrators to stage on-base protest for 90 minutes.		Fort Meade
28		Rally to demonstrate support for William Harvey and George Daniels.		Portsmouth
		1970
n.d		Half of the officers on USS Hancock sign petition opposing US involvement in Vietnam.		USS Hancock
n.d		6 GIs address antiwar rally		London
n.d		US Court of Military Review finds the Presidio 27 innocent of Mutiny.
n.d		14 Conscientious Objectors file Article 138s against their commanding officer to get their status recognized.		Fort Lewis
n.d		Antiwar reservists picket the annual convention of the Reserve Officer's Association.
n.d.		15 marine reservists stage "hair revolution".		Miramar NAS
14		Fort Lewis Main Chapel [re]"dedicated to Saint Maximilian, a Christian Saint who, in 295 AD was executed for refusing to be inducted into the Imperial Roman Army".		Fort Lewis
30		Call for National GI Strike.
		1971
1		Fort Hood United Front lead boycott of Tyrell's Jewelry, "a national chain of store, demanding an end to ripping off GI's money" (1972 GI Calendar)
		1972
5		6 sailors from the USS Davis get sanctuary at Channing Memorial Church.		Newport
6		Anti-war civilians form "People's Blockade" with 13 craft to prevent USS America from sailing to Vietnam. When Coast Guard swamps them, sailors pelt Coast guard cutters with garbage. Coast Guard then turn high pressure hoses on the sailors		Newport
10		Aircraft carrier, USS Ranger sabotaged with paint scraper and 12” bolts, delaying its deployment to Vietnam for four months. Navy identifies Pat Chenowith as scapegoat
		1973
Combat Refusal and Refusal of Orders
		1965
26		Lieutenant Richard R. Steinke refuses direct order into a combat zone because of his disapproval of U.S. policy in Vietnam.
		1966
30		Pfc James Johnson, Pvt Dennis Mora and Pvt David Samas [Fort Hood 3] announce at a press conference "should we receive orders orders to go to Vietnam we would definitely take a stand and refuse to go."		New York City
		The Fort Hood 3
		1967
2		Airman George Edwards refuses to board plane for Vietnam		Langley AFB
		1968
8		Reported combat refusal.		Duyen Dien, Vietnam
12		Combat refusal (Bill Short and 2 others)		Lai Khe, Vietnam
		1969
		1970
24		Capt. Richard Hubbard refuses orders to Vietnam.		March AFB
26		Fort Lewis Six (SP/4 Carl Dix, PFC Paul Forrest, PVT. Manuel Perez, Pvt James Allen, PFC Lawrence Galgano, PFC Jeff Griffith) refuse an order to report to the Overseas Replacement Station for Shipment to Vietnam.		Flort Lewis
		1971
		1972
20		3 sailors publicly refuse to return to Vietnam with the USS Buckley		Philippines
AWOL and Desertion
		1967
26		Terry Klug goes AWOL to avoid shipment to Vietnam.		Rome
		1968
		1969
		1970
n.d.		Pentagon reports it is missing 80,000 GIs
		1973
Riots and Rebellions
		1967
		1968
14		Stockade rebellion		Fort Jackson
		1969
n.d.		Stockade rebellion		Fort Leonard Wood
5		300 GIs in the stockade rise up and burn the stockade, "38" are selected as ring leades and charged with inciting the riot		Fort Dix
22		Stockade rebellion.		Fort Riley
22		Stockade rebellion.		Camp Pendelton Brig
		1970
n.d.		On-base riot		Mannheim
n.d.		On-base riot.		MCRD San Diego
n.d.		Attempted fragging.		Oakland
		1971
27		In an effort to liberalize it's public image, the Army sponsors a rock concert on base. The event turns into a major rebellion with thousands of GIs fighting MPs, trashing a Greyhound bus and burning down the drill sergeants headquarters.		Fort Ord
		1972
		1973
Harassment and Repression
		1967
1		Pvt. Andy Stapp court-martialled, and sentenced to 45 days at hard labor, for refusing an order "to open his locker so his commanding officer could confiscate his anti-war literature" (The Bond, no. 1)		Fort Sil
2		Captain Howard Levy found guilty of "5 counts of wilful disobedience, sending an anti-war letter to an Army Sergeant in Vietnam, talking against the war to patientsand refusing an order to train Green Beret medical airmen on the grounds that the "U.S. was committing war crimes and genocide in Vietnam"		Fort Jackson
3		Captain Howard Levy sentenced to three yearsat Hard Labor.		Fort Jackson
26		Pfc. Paul Ilg Court-Martialled for accusing his battery commander of lying at Pvt. Andy Stapps trial		Fort Sill
		1968
6		Navy court martial, hearing case of Fred Patrick, rules that conscientious objection to war is a valid defense against charge of being AWOL.
26		GI shot in back while trying to escape.		Presidio Stockade
		1969
n.d.		Spec/5 Ken Willis threatened with being charged as AWOL unless he ceased agitating against the war.		Fort Dix
1		Pfc. Carlos Barcena (editor of Rough Draft) given one month confinement at hard labor for missing two hours duty.		Fort Eustis
1		Less than a month after being punitively transferred to Fort Lee, Hal Muskat is punitively transferred to Fort Dix with only a few hours notice.		Fort Lee
3		Charges against Pfc. Robert Bower for the "unauthorized" distribution of antiwar literature dismissed .		Fort Jackson
3		Supreme Court rules the military cannot court-martial GIs for crimes not directly connected with the military
6		Mendel Rivers, Chairman of House Armed Services Committee, wrote Rear Admiral Johnson, Chief of Legislative Liaison at the Pentagon, that OM The Servicemen's Newsletter reflects a "gross abuse of the Constitutional right of free speech.".		Washington D.C.
7		14 Presidio 27 defendants convicted at General court martial, and sentenced to terms ranging from three to 15 months.		Fort Ord
10		Sp/5 Bill Thompson court-martialed for refusal of orders to Vietnam		Fort Lewis
18		Military moves to dismiss Pvt. Joseph Cole on grounds of his political views, "his sloppy dress", having gone AWOL and failure to get a haircut.		Fort Jackson
19		Five off-duty GIs arrested for selling The Ally.		Fort Jackson
19		Federal Courts refuse to block Pvt. Joe Miles' punitive transfer from Fort Bragg to Alaska.
20		Roger Priest charged with violating 14 specifications under 4 articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, for statements and articles published in the first 3 issues of OM The Servicemen's Newsletter		Washington DC
20		Gen. A. O. Connor claims the 33% increase in AWOL and Desertion rates over the last 12 months, was the result of "getting more kooks into the Army ... We are getting more young men who are coming in undisciplined , the product of a society that trains them to reist authority."		Washington DC
20		Military moves to dismiss Pvt. Jose Rudder because of his political views, having gone AWOL and having two traffic citations.		Fort Jackson
23		Pvt. Joe Miles found guilty of being AWOL in spite of having signed out for the weekend and having a valid Class A Pass.		Fort Bragg
24		Five GIs and three civilians "detained on suspicion of posting American Servicemen's Union literature on the bulletin board of the main post theater."		Fort Benning
25		Rossarie Bisson acquitted of charges that he distributed unofficial leaflets on-base in violation of a direct order supposedly given him by his commanding officer.		Wright-Patterson AFB
26		Spec/4 Jack Riley arrested for violating regulation against the distribution of "unauthorized literature."		Fort Bragg
		1970
n.d.		Gordon Kerr, Jim Pahura and Randy Thomas given early release from active duty, on 6 hours notice, because of their involvement with the Concerned Officers Movement.
n.d.		Roger Priest convicted of "promoting disloyalty and disaffection" by publishing the antiwar newspaper OM. The Navy court which convicted Priest, reprimanded him and ordered a bad conduct discharge for him. Priest said he had expected a harsher sentence, but would appeal anyway. "I view the punishment as unwarranted because all I did was exercise my constitutional rights, " said the sailor.		Washington D.C.
n.d.		5 marines, who had been involved in organizing and publicizing anti-war love-in transferred back to the United States on a few hours notice		Iwakuni MCAS
3		Brass denies The Green Machine distribution rights .		Fort Wainwright
10		Spc/5 Bill Thompson sentenced to two years at hard labor for refusal of orders to Vietnam.		Fort Lewis
29		Supreme Court overturns Muhammed Ali's conviction for refusing induction.		Washington DC
		1971
n.d.		Tyrrell picketers arrested.		Killeen
n.d.		Pvt. Ed Jurenas (editor of Arctic Arsenal) charged with "disrespect to an officer... disobeying a lawful order ... conduct impairing the loyalty, discipline and morale of the Army."		Fort Greeley
18		Ronald Bolden and Samuel Robertson, both of whom had been AWOL for 6 months, publicly surrendered in Berlin carrying a sign that read "Stop! Racism, discrimination and end the Vietnam War Now."		Berlin
22		In an effort to stem drug use, 18,000 GsI in IV Corps, while off duty restricted to their compouns for a week, with all off-base areas declared off-limits. During the period of restriction more than 100 GIs are busted for posession of marijuana.		Meking Delta, Vietnam
29		The US Court of Military Appeals rules that it is illegal for GIs and officers to "fraternize".		Washington D.C.
30		6 GIs are busted by MPs for distributing "subversive literature", the Declaration of Independence.
		1972
22		The Hobbit coffee house declared off-limits, by Iwakuni MCAS brass. Thge coffeehouse stays open and the staff continue publishing the paper Semper Fi		Iwakuni
		1973

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Timeline for May 1965 - 1974

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GI Movement Timeline for May (1965 - 1973)
The War and other developments
		1964
17		US Government orders the bombing of Laos		Laos
		1965
3		The first U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam		Vietnam
		1966
14		South Vietnam in a state of virtual civil war as military units loyal to Prime Minister Ky battle renegade South Vietnamese Buddhist troops in DaNang and Hue.		Vietnam
		1967
18-26		US forces enter the Demilitarized Zone for the first time.		Vietnam
		1968
5		Mini Tet Offensive launched		Vietnam
10		Peace talks open		Paris, France
13-30		France swept by protests, strikes and demonstrations.		France
		1969
n.d.		The New York Times breaks the story about the secret bombing of Cambodia. In response Nixon orders illegal wiretapping of journalists.
10-20		Hamburger Hill		Vietnam
14-15		The People's Park occupied by National Guard to protect the Park from the people, Martial law and curfew declared. 1 protestor shot and killed		Berkeley, CA
28		Pentagon issues the Guidance on Dissent, meant to codify how n]base commanders were to deal with distribution of underground papers, tyhe publication of GI papers, what restrictions could be placed on off-post gathering places, under what circumstances could servicement participate in demonstrations and how to respond rto efforts to form GI unions
		1970
1		Nixon calls antiwar students "bums blowing up campuses."
4		4 students killed by National Guardsmen in antiwar demonstration at Kent State		Kent State, Ohio
6-20		National student strike in protest of the invasion of Cambodia and the killings at Kent State.
14-15		Two students killed.		Jackson State
		1971
1		Daniel and Phillip Berrigan indicted for conspiring to kidnap the President.
5		Riot control units of the 82nd Airborne Division are deployed in Washington DC to "preserve law and order" as 50,000 anti war protestors descend on the Capital to "Stop the Government".		Wshington DC
		1972
4		US and South Vietnam suspend their participation in Paris Peace Talks.
9		Haiphong Harbor mined.		Vietnam
11		Chicago 7 convictions overturned.
14		Headquarters of US Army in Vietnam decommissioned.		Vietnam
		1973
17		Senate Watergate hearings begin
GI Papers, Coffeehouses and Organizations
		1968
9		Ex-Pvt. Gren Whitman publishes "The Ten Commandments, Army Style" and the "Short Timer's Code of Conduct" (Liberation News Service, newspacket no. 72.)
12		LNS reports that 12,000 servicemen "at posts all over the world, in the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, have joined the American Servicemen's Unio" in the 123 months since it was founded by Andy Stapp.(Liberation News Service, newspacket no. 75)
		1969
n.d		GIs serving with the 101st Airborne, in Vietnam, publish Statement in Support of the Presidio 27
n.d.		First issue of Eyes Left published.		Travis AFB
n.d.		First issue of Final Flight published.		San Francisco
n.d.		First issue of Harass the Brass published. After one issue title changed to A Four Year Bummer		Chanute AFB
n.d.		First issue of Spartacus published.		Fort Lee
n.d.		First issue of Up Front published.		Los Angeles
n.d.		Earth coffee house opens		Evanston
n.d.		Fort Dix Coffe house opens
n.d.		Pacific Counseling Service opens first office		Monterey
n.d.		USSF founded
n.d.		18 GIs from 101st Airborne sign statement in support of Presidio 27		Phu Bai, Vietnam
7		In response to Fort Bragg Regulation No. 210-23 (which states that “no publications, including pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, handbills and flyers could be distributed on-base except through regularly established distribution outlets or under appropriate contractual agreements,"unless requests are submitted at least 7 days before the proposed distribution), members of GIs United submit written request to distribute copies of the Bill of Rights and Oath of Enlistment.		Fort Bragg
12		Brass agree to allow distribution of copies of the Bill of Rights and Oath of Enlistment. Permission revoked next day.		Fort Bragg
18		Editors of Rough Draft, petition to distribute paper on-base.		Fort Eustis
24		Survivors of Hamburger Hill post a $10,000 bounty, in GI Says for the successful fragging of their commanding officer Lt. Col. Weldon Honeycutt.		Vietnam
		1970
n.d.		First Issue of COM Newsletter published.		Washington DC
n.d		First issue of The Destroyer published.		Philadelphia
n.d.		First Issue of First Amendment published.		Fort Wayne
n.d		First issue of Ft. Polk Puke published.		Fort Polk
n.d.		First Issue of Morning Report published.		Fort Devens
n.d.		First Issue of Out Now published.		Long Beach, CA
n.d.		First Issue of Right-On Post published.		Seaside, CA
n.d.		FTA Manifesto published.		Fort Knox
n.d.		Spring Offensive Committee founded.		Fort Hood
n.d.		Pacific Counseling Service open office in Tokyo		Japan
n.d.		Editors of Morning Report petition to distribute paper on-base.		Fort Devens
n.d.		50 GIs distribute leaflets outside Daenner Barracks		West Germany
7		GIs United submit request to distribute first ten Amendments o US Constitution and U.S. Army Oath of Enlistment on base		Fort Bragg
15		GI and GI wives for Peace coffee house with Dave Dellinger, John Froines and Phil Ochs.		Grand Forks AFB
19		Quakerhouse, meeting place of Fort Bragg GIs United, destroyed in fire-bombing. Police take no action		Fayetteville
22		GIs United hold press conference announcing their plans "to step up efforts to assert their constitutional rights in the face of official harassment"
31		National GI Alliance founded.
		1971
n.d		First issue of Arctic Arsenal published.		Fort Greely
n.d.		First issue of Helping Hand published.		Mountain Home AFB
n.d		First issue of Liberated Barracks published.		Hawaii
n.d		First issue of P. O. W. published.		Monterey
n.d.		Brothers and Sisters for Equality founded.		Fort Meade
		1972
12		GI Counseling center at Clark AFB raided for 3rd time in 2 months		Philippines
		1973
2		United We Stand bookstore fire-,bombed, no one was injured		Jacksonville, NC
5		National Council for Universal Unconditional Amnesty founded		Washington DC
Protests and Demonstrations
		1967
n.d.		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.		Fort Sill
n.d		More than 1000, including Veterans, reservists and their families demonstrate in DC calling on Johnson to withdraw all troops from Vietnam.		Washington DC
nd		3 Vietnam Veterans, including Donald Duncan testify before the Russell International War Crimes Tribunal about atrocities in Vietnam.		Stockholm
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.		Indiana
		1968
10		Wisconsin Draft Resistance Union launch "The Summer Offensive -- an all-out effort of ant-iwar and anti-draft activity in cities and towns in Wisconsin and ... Iowa. ... The offensive will include an anti-draft caravan to bring guerilla theater, speeches, literature and music to various locales" (Liberation News Service, no. 72)
20		Robert Talmanson (convicted and sentenced to three years in jail for failing to report for induction) and Sp/4 William Chase (Vietnam Vet who was AWOL from Fort Lewis) granted sanctuary in Arlington St. Church.		Boston
		1969
n.d.		GI-civilian teach-in.		Champaign Urbana
1		Rally in support of the "Presidio 27".		Lawrence, KS
4		GI-CAP clambake.		Tacoma
10		Antiwar Basic Training Day.		Philadelphia
17		GIs and members of VVAW hold meeting at the Echo Mike Coffeehouse		Riverside
17		GI-civilian antiwar demonstration.		Seattle
19		Joe Miles and 17 other GIs file suit in Federal Court against the Secretary of the Army and the Fort Bragg Commander (Lt. Gen. John Tolson) seeking an injunction which would prohibit the defendants from interfering with the Constitutional liberties of GIs at Fort Bragg.		North Carolina
23		On base demonstration.		Daenner Caserne, West Germany
24		GI-civilian Antiwar Picnic/Teach-in.		Riverside
30		GI-civilian antiwar Memorial Day Parade.		New York
30		GI-Civilian antiwar/anti occupation march.		Berkeley
30 -31		GI-CivilianAlliance for Peace [GI-CAP] antiwar basic training days: GI-CAP's current project is Antiwar Basic Training Days, slated for May 30th - Jun e 1st, the San FranciscoLabor Temple. There will be speeches by lawyers in current GI free speech cases, workshops for GIs and young people facing the draft, Army training films, and a rock dance. (Alliance Wall Poster, May 1969)		San Francisco
		1970
n.d		Lt. Jim Crawford (member of Concerned Officers Movement) resigns his commission one month early.
1		Nixon "officially orders" invasion of Cambodia
2		Antiwar petition, sponsored by the Reservists Committee to Stop the War and signed by more than 1000 Reservists and National Guardsmen published in The New Republic.
11		Reservists Committee to Stop the War file suit against Melvyn Laird and the Defense Department, demanding that the 122 Congressmen and Senators listed as active in the Reserves be asked to resign from the Reserves because "it is unconstitutional for a member of Congress to hold any position in the military, citing conflict of interest and divided loyalties."
13		GI Discussion Night at the Shelter Half Coffeehouse		Tacoma
16		Due to threat of GI led demonstrations, official Armed Forces Day activities cancelled at bases across US including Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Altus AFB, Andrews AFB, Cairns Army Air Field, Charleston Naval Base, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Dix, Fort Jackson, Fort Meade, Fort Monmouth, Fort Ord, Fort Polk, Fort Rucker, Grand Forks AFB, Great Lakes Naval Training Center,Grissom AFB, McDill AFB, Pickitanny Army Base, Pope AFB, US Army Aviation Systems Center [St. Louis], US Army Tank Center [Detroit]
16		Armed Faces Day Barksdale Air Force Base - GIs held a festival of life and workshops. 600-700 came for the afternoon, with 150-175 GIs. Speakers included a WWI veteran. Camp Pendleton - Marines were restricted to the base. Army guys held a rally and march. About 5000 people, 200 GIs, heard Tom Hayden, a Black Panther, and others. Platoons assigned to riot control received for the first time orders to shoot to kill in case of disturbances on the base. Units known to be sympathetic were put on riot control but were not given ammunition. Chanute AFB - Trial of the Military. Charleston Naval Base - GIs held a rally, their first anti-war demonstration. About 1000 attended, with about 200 GIs. Rennie Davis was among the speakers. Fort Benning - GIs put the military on trial, heard testimony from the audience, and found it guilty of war crimes, genocide, etc. About 500 people, with 150 GIs. First anti-war action in the history of Columbus, Georgia. Fort Bliss - It was People's Armed Forces Day at Fort Bliss, as GIs held a folk and rock music festival, with about 1000 GIs. Fort Bragg - GIs held a rally of over 3000 people, about 750 of them GIs. Following the rally people moved onto the base and leafleted. Speeches by Mark Lane, Jane Fonda, Rennie Davis, and GIs. Fort Carson - GIs held a festival of life in Colorado Springs, attended by about 500 people, about 30 of them GIs. Fort Devens - GIs and civilians held a picnic and some 70-80 civilians leafleted the base. First issue of a bi-weekly newspaper, Morning Report, distributed. Fort Dix - 3000 people attempted a repeat of last October's successful march onto the base. Marchers were gassed. Few GIs were present at the rally, as they had been ordered restricted to base. Fort Hood - 800-900 people marched through Killeen to a rally, almost all of them GIs. Another 500 followed on the sidewalks. Fort Lewis - GIs held an all day festival-picnic/workshop. About 200 people came, with about 50 or 60 GIs. Fort McClellan - GIs led the way, holding the first antiwar demonstration ever in Anniston. Fort Meade - GIs held a march and rally towards the base. 500-600 people, with about 100 GIs present. There were speeches by Abbie Hoffman, Sue Schnall, a Black Panther, GIs, and revolutionaries from Spain. Fort Ord - The Brass freaked out. GIs held a march and rally. 3000-4000 people, with about 100 GIs. Most GIs were assigned to their barracks, riot control training or make-work details. Trenches were dug along the edge of the Post fronting on Route 1, and miles of sharpened concertina wire had been rolled out in case the marchers charged. Fort Riley - John Froines and an editor of The AWOL Press spoke to a rally of 1300 people, 400 of them GIs. First action of this sort. Grand Forks Air Force Base - About 1000 people demonstrated in an anti-ABM action at Nekoma, N. D. Great Lakes Naval Training Center - Over 500 demonstrators rallied and heard speeches May 16. The Armed Forces Day displays were cancelled due to what Rear Admiral H. S. Ronkin called the threat of "dissident elements." Grissom AFB - GIs leafleted the post May 16. A May 17 rally was disrupted by right-wingers, with no chance for GIs to speak. Koza, Okinawa - GI antiwar, anti occupation rally.
17-23		GI Week.		Berlin
27		Vietnam bound US destroyer Richard E. Anderson is sabotaged, returns to port withg $200,000 in damages and is delayed in departure for 2 months		San Diego
29-31		GI antiwar conference		Atlanta
30		GI-Civilian antiwar demonstration.		Detroit
30		Picnic for Peace.		Selfridge AFB
		1971
1		GI-civilian antiwar demonstrations		Fort Lewis
1		GI-civilian antiwar demonstrations		Newport Naval Base
1		GI-civilian antiwar demonstrations		Washington DC
3		Thousands of GIs go on a sick-call strike in protest of the Vietnam war and to show their support of the Peoples Peace Treaty.		Fort Lewis
3		VVAW members throw bags of cow manure on the steps of the Mall Entrance to the Pentagon.		Washington DC
5		Japanese militants celebrate "Childrens Day" by flying kites in flight path of Vietnam bound bombers		Iwakuni MCAS
5		Lt. Rory Sutton wear black armband in support of "Stop the Government" demonstrations in Washington DC		Long Binh, Vietnam
10-18		Nine days in may actions at bases and GI coffeehouses across the country. The following series of educational program
14		Andy Stapp's dishonorable discharge overturned andArmy instructed to change his status to an honorable discharge because he had been charged "with associations and beliefs and .. not ... with any military misconduct or matteras affectting his military record the allegations fail to state a basis for issuance of a less than honorable discharge." The judge further ruled that "it is impermissible for the military to punish an admittedly competemnt soldier merely becuase it disapproves of the company he keeps."
15		Armed Faces Day Camp Pendelton - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Bragg - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Bliss - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Campbell - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Carson - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Dix - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Speakers include Terry Klug and Bob Beatie. Fort Hood - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Fort Jackson - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Great Lakes Naval Station - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Speakers include Steve Geden. Portsmouth Naval Station - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Selfridge AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Travis AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally organized by Pacific Counseling Service. Wright Patterson AFB -GI-civilian antiwar demonstration and rally. Killeen - Tyrrell's boycott announced.
17		Concerned Black Airmen hold an on-base service on dedicated to the memory of Malcolm X.		Chanute AFB
17		100 GIs and WACs of Brothers and Sisters for Equality march on-post to protest against racism in the military		Fort Meade
19		US bases in Okinawa closed by a GI supported general strike of Okinawan workers.		Okinawa
28		VVAW begin"Operation POW" a 4 day march retracing the route of Paul Revere. 500 people join them in Lexington		Concord
30-31		Several hundred VVAW members march from Concord to Boston, reversing the path of Paul Revere's 1775 midnight ride. After defying a ban on overnight use of Battle Green in Lexington, site of the first battle of the American Revolution, 458 people are arrested and held overnight, including John Kerry. The following day the group marches from Bunker Hill to Boston Common.		Massachusetts
31		1,000 American GIs, ignoring army regulations banning overseas demonstrations, gather to protest the Indochina war. 300 deliver an anti war petition to the military.		London, UK
		1972
n.d.		100 GIs demonstrate on Memorial day, demanding "Peace Now".		Schweinfurth, West Germany
n.d.		Hundreds of GIs in Germany sign petition calling for Nixon's impeachment.
1		VVAW members occupy King County Republican Headquarters.		Seattle
5		Japanese antiwar activists shut the airbase down with kites.		Yakota AFB
6		Lance Cpl. Ronald McMiller and Lance Cpl. Phillip Walker read statement condemning racism at Iwakuni NAS at a press conference.		Tokyo
11		30 GIs and 200 civilians block main gate to Offut AFB and hang antiwar banner across it for 3 hours		Offut AFB
12		Marione, Army and Navy brothers burn copies of Nixon's speech announcing mining of Haiphong Harbor		Okinawa
13		VVAW led demonstration to protest mining of Haiphong Harbor.		Seattle
14		At a press conference, Seaman Ted Short reads letter from sailors stationed in Japan with the 15th Destroyer Squadron, to President Nixon appealing to him to bring the Vietnam war to an end, not through escalation but through negotiations.		Yokohama
19		GIs from bases all over Berlin attend "People's Unity Dance", organized by GI paper Forward.		Berlin
20		Newport Harbor mined by the Newport Liberation Front
20		Armed Faces Day Andrews AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Cherry Point MCAS - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Great Lakes Naval Training Station - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration.\ Fort Bragg - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration (150 GIs). Fort Campbel - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration (150-200 GIs). Fort Devens - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Fort Dix/McGuire AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Fort Hood - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Fort Ord - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration (400 GIs). Mountain Home AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration (200 GIs). Pease AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Portsmouth NAS - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Westover AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration. Wright Patterson AFB - GI-civilian antiwar demonstration (350 GIs).
29		Defying ban on overseas demonstrations, 100 GIs, wives, and dependants march against the war through American housing area.		Schweinfurt, West Germany
		1973
		1974
18		VVAW/WSO stage Arnmed Farces day demomnstrations at West Point, the Woods Veteran's Hospital (Milwaukee), thne Veterans Administration building (Cincinati)
18		Covered Wagon Coffeehouse sponsors "Alternative Forces Day" activities outside Mountain Home AFB
31		VVAW/WSObegin 40 mile march from Boulder to Denver
Combat Refusal and Refusal of Orders
		1968
nd		Pvt. John Perry Refuses orders to Vietnam.
2		Airman George Edwards refuses to board plane for Vietnam		Langley AFB
		1969
		1970
7		Reported combat refusal - 3rd Batallion, 22nd Infantry.		Vietnamn
11		6 GIs of 3rd Btn, 8th Inf, 4th Div refuse orders to board helicopters for invasion of Cambodia		Vietnam
		1971
		1972
21		3 sailors from aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga take sanctuary as the ship leaves for Vietnam		San Diego
AWOL and Desertion
		1967
n.d.		Pvt. Philip Wagner deserts to protest US involvement in Southeast Asia.
9		Louis Armfieldwas founf by French police sleeping in a car on the left bank of the Seine and arrested for vagrancy		Paris
20		Louis Armfield, a deserter, given asylum in France.
27		The Army admits more than 700 GIs have deserted because of their opposition to the Vietnam war.
		1968
n.d.		"60 % of graduating seniors and first year graduate students at the University of Chicago will refuse to participate in the war in Vietnam according to a poll taken by the student government." ((Liberation News Service, newspacket no. 71)
1		Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate report 61 US deserters living in Canada, 27 in France, 12 in Mexico and 48 in Sweden. Total number of deserters living abroad reported by Defense Department at 230
4		6 American deserters hold press conference in Moscow to denounce the War.		Moscow
4		Sp/4 Michael Branch, a Black GI, deserts the army and joins the ranks of the Viet Cong to help in their fight for their independence from foreign domination.		Vietnam
17		Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate report 79 US deserters living in Canada, 29 in France, 14 in Mexico, 5 in Russia and 50 in Sweden. Total number of deserters living abroad reported by Defense Department at 282 an increase of 52 in 18 days
21-22		Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate hold hearings on "The Problem of Deserters From Military Service"
25		Terry Whitmore + 9 other deserters given asylum in Sweden.
		1969
n.d.		"Montreal [LNS] -- Deserters from tghe US Armed Forces will be welcome immigrants to Canada, according to new regulations announced recently by Canadian authorities." (Liberation News Service newspacket no. 166)		Canada
		1973
4-5		National Amnesty Conference		Washington DC
17		Meeeting of National Council for Universal Unconditional Amnesty		Chicago
24		Ad-Hoc Congressional Hearings on Unconditional Amnesty convened by Congresswoman Bella Abzug		Washington DC
24		Eddie Sowders turns himself in to U.S. government authorities in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC, wherethe Ad-HocCongressional Hearings were being held under the sponsorship of Families of Resisters for Amnesty. On surrendering he made the following comments: I like many GIs. at one time supported the war ... and regarded resistance... as criminal. I believed the Prresident and the military leaders when they said our mission ... was to protect the Vietnamese from aggression. I believed them so much that in 1966, I volunteered for Vietnam duty. In Vietnam I was assigned to an evvacuation hospital wghere we received" fresh casualties" direct from combat areas. Most of these ... were Vietnamese civilians ... hit by U.S. artillery and bombing. Many had been severely burned by napalm and white phosphorous -- weapons used only by the U.S. ... [They] would come in in :"waves", sometimes hun dreds at a time. ... What affected me most ... were the children. I watched many of them die from their terrible wounds; we "saved" others to be crippled or maimed for the rest of their lives. Some of the GIs I worked withn reacted to this carnage by intensifying their hatred for the "gooks." many of us, howerver, began to understand through our own personal experience of Vietnam, the depth of lies and deceptions practiced on us, and the American Peopl, by our country's leaders. It was they who trained us to kill without question and to hate our "enemy" -- the Vietnamese. They concocted such phrases as: "kill-ratios", "secure areas", "search and destroy" and the like, to mask the reality of their combat policy in Indochina. Yet it is these same policy makers ... who brand me, and hundreds of thousands like me as "criminals" who must be punished. (Eddie Sowders, Congressional testimony, 1973)		Washington DC
26-28		Amnesty Action Conference		Toronto
Riots and Rebellions
		1967
13		On-base riot		Fort Carson
		1968
		1969
7		Stockade sit-in.		Fort Ord
13		Stockade rebellion.		Fort Carson
20		300 GIs rebel beecause of poor living conditions in stockade		Fort Ord
		1970
20		Attempted fragging. An American guard and three South Koreans were injured, helicopter badly damaged.		Camp Humphries, South Korea
21		Black GIs in 1st Batn, 26th Inf. rebel after base commander ignores grievances		Hohenfels, West Germany
26		Sabotage		USS Richard B. Anderson
29		Blackl rebelliuon flares in 3rd Infantry Division at Ledward Barracks after German merchant refuses to serve Black GIs. Armed MPs face off against 150 GIs in front of 1st Brigade headquarters.		Schweinfurt, West Germany
29		50 Black Gis burn 5 barracks after being denied passes		Pochon, South Korea
		1971
11		Sit-down strike.		Fort Ord Stockade
17		On-baseriot.		Fort Meade
22-23		On-base riot		Travis AFB
22-23		Fragmentation grenades and a booby explode at Camnp Humphreys		South Korea
		1972
7		Sit-in		Fort Belvoir Stockade
8		On-base riot		Camp Schwab Marine Base, Okinawa
		1973
1		Nuclear missile unit rebel against repressive Army policies - 38 trucks and 7 rocket launchers are sabotaged		New Ulm, West Germany
Harassment and Repression
		1967
9		United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejects ACLU suit to block Capt. Levy's court martial
10-30		Court martial of Capt. Levy, he faces a maximum of 11 years in prison if he loses.		Fort Jackson
		1968
n.d.		US Embassy spokesman in Londonannounced plans to use U.S. troops in Berlin to control riots "if the local police and frontier guards are unable to keep the situation under control." (Liberation News Service, newspacket no. 71)
1		Air force sentences George B. Edwards to a year at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge for refusal of orders to Vietnam.
22		Pvt. Ken Stolte and Pfc Dan Amick each receive 4 years at hard labor for distributing antiwar leaflets
23		Federal Marshalls enter Arlington St Churchto arrest Robert Talmanson and Sp/4 William Chase. No one in the church offers any resistance however once taken outside the church supporters block the marshalls vehicles for more than two hours. They are finally cleared when extra police arrive and attack the resistors supporters. Two clergymen and several others were injured , 12 people were arrersted and later released without being charged. (Liberation News Service, newspacket no. 76)		Boston
		1969
n.d.		MPs attempt to break up "perfectly legal meeting" of GIs and staffers from Fort Dix Coffeehouse. "The group fully aware of its rights refused to be intimidated and ... thne Army was force to back down." (Liberation News Service newspacket no. 161)		Fort Dix
n.d.		2 GIs "picked up for circulating a petition asking that their freedom of speech and of the press and their right to peaceably assemble not be abridged, the Army could find to charge them withj and they were released." (Liberation News Service newspacket no. 161)		Fort Dix
n.d.		Liberation News Service reports that Canadian Mounted Police were "cooperating with the F.B.I. to "expose" organizations in Canada that aid draft resisters." (Liberation News Service newspacket no. 164)
n.d.		Fort Bragg GIs United banned from using Servicemen's Club for on-base meetings.		Fort Bragg
1		Edilberto Chaparro (Fort Jackson 8) who had been held in stockade sincde March 21 for attending on-base antiwar meeting on March 20th discharged from Army		Fort Jackson
2		Army announces it had dropped charrges against Dominick Duddie and Curtis Mays (Fort Jackson 8) for attending on-base antiwar meeting on March 20th		Fort Jackson
4		Hal Muskat transferred to Fort Lee, for involvement in the distribution of underground newspapers on post.		Fort Dix
6		Edwin Arnett, the first GI to be tried for desertion from Vietnam to a foreign country, sentenced to four years at hard labor.		Fort Dix
8		Shiela Ryan reports in Liberation News Service newspacket no. 161 that "the U.S. Army has a nation-wide movement watching network, complete with ionformers and daily "intelligence" reports teletyped to bases across the country." ((Liberation News Service newspacket no. 161))
12		Delmar Thomas (Fort Jackson 8) given undesirable discharge.		Fort Jackson
16		Tommie Woodfin (Fort Jackson 8) has charges dismissed		Fort Jackson
18		New York Times published article titled "Must the Citizen Give up his Civil Liberties when he jhoins the Army?"
20		Army announces it was dropping charges against Fort Jackson 8.		Fort Jackson
20		The brass revoked permission (which they had granted a week before) for Pvt. Joe Miles to distribute copies of the Bill of Rights on base.		Fort Bragg
21		Pvt. Joseph Cole, Pvt. Andrew Pulley and Pvt. Jose Rudder (Fort Jackson 8) released from stockade.		Fort Jackson
21		Captain Dale H. Noyd - convicted by a General Court-Martial of refusing to obey an order to train pilots for Vietnam asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to find that he properly claimed conscientious objection to the Vietnam war as an "ethical humanist."
23		Army announces plans to transfer Joe Miles from Fort Bragg to Alaska		Fort Bragg
28		Airman 1/c Larry Friedberg and Sgt. Rossarie Bisson arrested for distributing leaflets announcing May 31 anti-war march in Dayton.		Wright-Patterson AFB
31		Pfc. Robert Bower charged with "unauthorized" distribution of antiwar literature.		Fort Hood
		1970
n.d.		UFO coffee house closed down.		Columbia
6		Lt. (jg) David Borst (Naval conscientious objector) sentenced to dismissal at a general court martial		Mare Island
8		Sp/4 George Lollis (member of GIs-WACs United and editor of Left Face) discharged 18 months early.		Fort McClellan
9		2nd Lt. James Klimaski punitively transferred to Fort Lewis after filing for CO status.		Fort Bragg
14		Bill Drosbaugh and Robert Green accused of "conspiracy to promote disloyalty and disaffection among the crew by circulating a leaflet protesting the war in Southeast Asia."		USS Isle Royale
19		Quakerhouse firebombed		Fayetteville
21		Jane Fonda and Mark Lane expelled from the base.		Fort Meade
		1971
5		Riot Control units of 82nd Airborne deployed to Washington DC to "preserve law andlorder"as 50,000 antiwar demonstrators gather in the Capitol to "Stop the Government" in protest of Indochina War
9		Lt. Rory Sutton kicked out of Army for wearing black armband in support of "Stop the Government" demonstrations in Washington DC on May 5		Long Binh, Vietnam
15		Pvt. Billy Dean Smith placed in solitary confinement, while awaiting trial for the fragging of two white officers in Bien Hoa		Fort Ord
17		6 WACs discharged for participating ih on-post protesting racism in the military		Fort Meade
21		Pvt. Ed Jurenas (editor of Arctic Arsenal) relieved of his duties.		Fort Greeley
23		Six black soldiers arrested for sabotaging a helicopter and breaking into an armory.
		1972
12		GI Center raided.		Clark AFB
		1973
23		The commandant of Third Marine Div issues orders that "no member of this command will engage or participate in picketing, demonstrations, sit-ins, political speeches, and similar activity ... anywhere in a foreign country refgardless of uniform or duty status, unless prior command approval is obtained."
25		Pfc Michael Scanlon arrrsted for handing out copies of Han-Sen Free Press		Kin, Okinawa
26		Lance Corporal William Browen and PFC John Botsford arrested for soliciting signatures on a petition addressed to Congress		Kin, Okinawa
29		Jury selection for trial of Pat Chenoweth begins		Travis AFB