Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Spitting on Vietnam Veterans

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february252008/vietnam_protest_2-25-08.php

Salem News [Oregon]
26 February 2008

Who really Spat on Veterans During the Vietnam War?

Tim King
Salem-News.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - Americans overwhelmingly believe that U.S. combat veterans returning from Vietnam were spit on by anti-war protesters in airports. Many vets will tell you it happened, and others will tell you that they never saw anything close to it.

I have had vets tell me details about experiencing this and I believe them, but is there more to the story than meets the eye?

A former Vietnam era protester from San Francisco who worked with many of the era's most vocal protesters, Redford Givens, says the people doing the spitting weren't hippies, but government provocateurs. [...]

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