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Word: protestations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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SAIGON-The nation-wide anti-war demonstration in the United States caused a ripple but apparently no waves Wednesday among the half-million American troops whose presence in South Vietnam was at issue in the Moratorium Day protest...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: 'A Ripple' In Vietnam | 10/16/1969 | See Source »

...only battlefield protest reported was the wearing of black armbands by members of a platoon of U.S. infantrymen on patrol near Chu Lai, some 360 miles northeast of Saigon. There was no way of knowing immediately, however, if there were similar anti-war expressions by other GIs scattered throughout the country...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: 'A Ripple' In Vietnam | 10/16/1969 | See Source »

...Vietnam 15 of those fighting men wore black armbands to protest the war while on patrol in a battle zone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Million Mark Vietnam Moratorium In Nationwide and Boston Protests Rallies Peaceful; War Backers Fly Flags | 10/16/1969 | See Source »

College towns were the center of most of the Moratorium activity. Though most college students did not object to the protest, in the deep South demonstrators clashed with anti-Moratorium students. Despite this, at Duke University and the University of North Carolina officials reported that only slightly more than half of the student body attended classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Million Mark Vietnam Moratorium In Nationwide and Boston Protests Rallies Peaceful; War Backers Fly Flags | 10/16/1969 | See Source »

...spokesmen went to Pusey's Massachusetts Hall office to present their list of requests, including cancelling all classes, declaring Oct. 15 "a day of protest and discussion," and paying University employees who take the day off to join the Moratorium...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Pusey Denies Request To Cancel All Classes | 10/15/1969 | See Source »

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