Word: mocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...battle ribbons and carrying plastic M-16 rifles, they will "occupy" Washington for five days, holding a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, lobbying on Capitol Hill, then fanning out across the city-as they have in New Jersey and elsewhere -to take over one neighborhood after another in mock "search and destroy" missions. The "Winter Soldiers"-named after the troops who stayed at Valley Forge during the bitter winter of 1777-will conclude their demonstrations on April 23 at the Capitol. The ex-G.I.s will turn in their service medals, placing them in green body bags normally used...
...went to Scott, whose well-publicized determination to snub Hollywood's "meat parade" was the butt of what passed for the evening's jokes. As for Scott himself, he slept through the televised ceremony at his New York farm; his sons woke him up to accept a mock substitute award from some friends: a statue of Abraham Lincoln with the words GOD A'MIGHTY, FREE...
While the 300 laid wreathes, the remainder of the registered contingent of 1100 spread out over the Capitol Hill area performing mock "searchand destroy missions" and lobbying Congressmen...
...Most bystanders appeared startled by the performances. One man tried to stop a mock "prisoner interrogation," but was restrained by police. Several veterans distributed explanatory leaflets and talked with spectators...
...first action, a mock combat sweep of the Plaza and the subway station beneath it, will start at 8 a.m. "It's going to be pretty frightening to bystanders," VVAW representative Erick Herder said yesterday. "But then, the war is pretty frightening...