Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cent said that they would not follow orders which sent them to fight in Vietnam...
...Will refuse to follow orders to fight in Vietnam per cent Dudley 78 Adams 53 Dunster 42 Eliot 37 Leverett 30 Lowell 28 Kirkland 27 Winthrop...
What does it mean when a student says he would rather go to jail than fight in Vietnam; when he would rather leave the country than be part of what he feels is an immoral, illegal war? Regardless of what he actually does, it shows the depth of his protest. Few people understand that students who are seriously considering going to jail are tortured by the choice they face. No one looks forward to spending the best years of his life behind bars. Of course at first he might think of going to jail as a heroic...
...three students who expect to be drafted indicate that they will refuse to follow orders which send them to fight in Vietnam...
...students who plan to join the military voluntarily in some capacity next year, the overwhelming majority disapprove of present U.S. policy in Vietnam and some of them even say that they will refuse to follow orders to fight in Vietnam. What this proves is that there are a number of students who are joining the military in order to avoid being sent to Vietnam. Crazy as this may sound, there is some logic to the madness. If one enlists, joins the Reserves, or enters some kind of officer training, there is a better chance of choosing the kind...