GI Movement Calendar - April 1972

Combat Refusal and Refusal of Orders
April 11		100 GIs of Co. C, 2nd Bn, 1st Inf, 196th Bde refuse to move out on patrol.		Phu Bai, South Vietnam
Desertion and Unauthorized Absence
GI Press and Movement Organizations
GI Press
Movement Organizations
n.d.		Black Servicemen's Caucus founded		San Diego
Protests and Demonstrations
n.d.		47 sailors out of a crew of 200 sign petition protesting unsafe conditions		USS Nitro
n.d.		Haymarket Coffeehouse moves from Fayetteville, to Spring Lake
7		GI-civilian antiwar demonstration		Westover AFB
8		GI-civilian vigil		Mountain Home AFB
8		Ruby Dorsey resigns from the military because of widespread racism and sexism among the military in Germany.
8		VVAW, civilians activists and active duty GIs organize "die-in" on main road leading to Wright Patterson AFB		Wright Patterson AFB
9		Zengunro (All-Okinawa Base Workers Union) end 30 day strike against US military. During the strike active duty GIs and veterans raised money and organized support groups for the strikers		Okinawa
14		10 GIs of STD 2, some conscientious objectors, some organizers are busted by the brass and held in solitary confinement for 8 days without charges. They are threatened with "mutiny" charges but public pressure forces the Army to releasze them all. All 10 are then discharged.		Fort Sam Houston
15		Hunger-strike		Fort Devens Stockade
15		About 300 active duty GIs attend concert for GI conscientious objectors, then join candlelight demonstration for 10 GI organizers arrested day before		Fort Sam Houston
15		VVAW/GI organized antiwar march and rally		Hanscom AFB
15		Vigil held across from main gate, speaker from USS Coral Sea Stop Our Ship movement		Travis AFB
15		Active duty airmen, veterans and civilians demonstrate at base gates for 14th straight week		Wright Patterson AFB
17		16 members of VVAW occupy an Air Force Recruiting Station "to end the recruitment for death."		San Francisco
20		GIs and civilian demonstrators attempt to block gates		Wright Patterson AFB
22		9 GIs from Iwakuni, Yokota, Yokosuka, and Misawa hold press conference to voice "opposition to the continuation and escalation of the Indochina war effort by the United States.".		Tokyo
22		Fort Hood United Front, hold "Teach-in" in support of Billy Smith and other political prisoners.		Killeen
23		Sailors from USS Nitro, join picket attempting to block munitions from being loaded aboard ship		USS Nitro
24		50 representatives from wide range of GI underground newspapers, base projects and GI organizations		St. Louis
Harassment and Repression
n.d.		Adjutant General's office distributes letter threatening to bust anyone answering Quaker questionnaire. The Memo reads in part that "completion of all or any part of the questionnnaire ... will end with an investigation under the Federal Espionage Act ... results can be a dishonorable discharge ... jail sentence of up to life imprisonment, and/or a large fine."		(Fort Ord)
1		House of Marines publishing Rage raided by local police and ONI. One marine is busted for "traces" of "suspected marijuana."		Camp Lejeune
4		Camp News banned by brass		Leavenworth Prison
4		C.S. grenade thrown through window of Fort Sill Area United Front headquarters.		Lawton
21		125 arrested during civil disobedience demonstration; airmen leapt over fence to join demonstrators		Westover AFB
24		GI Center raided		Clark AFB