Leftist organizers entered the war machine to turn troop discontent into organized resistance to the Vietnam War.
This spirit of resistance carried over into Vietnam. U.S. troops wore peace signs, grew their hair out, and freely used drugs. Many avoided combat and some outright refused orders to fight. A shockingin June 1971, authored by Col. Robert D. Heinl Jr., conveyed the scope of the crisis. “The morale, discipline and battleworthiness of the U.S.
One of the most famous GI salts was Private Andy Stapp, who joined the army in May 1966 with the explicit goal of organizing antiwar resistance from within. Stapp, whoin a suburb of Philadelphia, had grown critical of U.S. imperialism as a college student and plunged himself into the growing peace movement. But he felt he needed to go beyond burning his draft card and attending street protests “to end the slaughter” in Vietnam. He had to enter the very machine that was waging the war.
On Christmas Day, 1967, Stapp’s group formed a new organization, the American Servicemen’s Union . Its 8-point program included demands like “The Right of GIs to Collective Bargaining,” “An End to Racism in the Armed Forces” and “The Right to Disobey Illegal and Immoral orders.” The organization acquired its own newspaper,News of the ASU quickly spread, and chapters formed across the world. The ASU was loose and decentralized — essentially, anyone could join by declaring themselves a member.
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