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...that point, one vet broke from the march, pointed a finger in her face, and drawled, "Listen lady, I'd like you to know I'm directly descended from Martha Costa Washington, and I want you to know Vietnam is so full of shit, you can pack it and shuck it." The woman harrumphed...
Today the veterans plan to carry out guerilla theatre "search and destroy" missions throughout the city, and increase lobbying efforts on members of Congress. One vet coordinator said last night that "the reliving of war experiences may give us a few surprises, but I hope the effects...
...other three members of the crew readily as-sented. They are Don Kuykendahl, an active army private from Wadworth, Ohio; Bill Pecket, a vet from Paris, Texas; and crazy Chris himself-Chris Jiordano of Philadelphia, a one-armed ex-Marine who strolled the Capitol corridors with a uniform shirt thrown over his bare chest, and long, tangled hair thrown back over that...
Throughout the area the atmosphere was one of togetherness, of cooperation touched with a bit of military polish. In one instance, when a self-appointed marshall tried to bar people from the meeting, another vet cooly told him, "Listen, man, we have no cops here, we are here to be together and we are going to be together...
...root causes of the veterans' plight are multiple, beginning with public apathy toward the Viet Nam vet. Much of the war's unpopularity has been unjustly transferred to the men who are fighting it. Never has the U.S. serviceman met with such indifference, even hostility. He is back, but who cares? Says Pew: "When a young man comes home from so-called fighting for his country and then looks to his country for help, and nobody gives, you know, nobody cares, it's just weird...