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Show 96 aimed at the armed forces tee, developed within the Vietnam Day Commit Berkeley based group actively opposed to United States policy a in Southeast Asia. The idea gradually emerged from a growing realization by civilian activists that not all United States service personnel supported the aims of the United States war effort; that, on the contrary, there existed already a latent hostility among the ranks toward the conduct of the Vietnam War. such hostility existed among United States troops among civilian activists in 1967, anti-war strategy. The The realization that began to occur marking an important shift attempt by civilian dissidents in to build a cooperative effort between themselves and military personnel opposed to the war included the establishment of the first tributed GI paper, The Bond, which 1967. The nationally dis began publication Ally began publication in 1968. in Berkeley in Although the names of the papers reflect the desire of civilians to build coalitions with dissident GI's, The Ally and The Bond disagreed on matters of political ideology and propaganda strategy. (2) While the civilian'groups nationally distributed papers emerged from interested in propagandizing members of the mili tary, the locally distributed papers appeared around the country 'and overseas spontaneously, at military bases often with the local publishing groups unaware that similar efforts were being made at posts and bases elsewhere. The first locally produced GI under ground was apparently F.T.A., published by dissident GI's at Fort· Knox, Kentucky. The local concentrated in 1969. publishing activity seems to have been Aboveground began publication at Fort Carson, Colorado, in August, 1969. |
