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Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma Time: During Vietnam and the antiwar movement (1960's-1970's)
The silent majority disagreed with the antiwar protesters but rarely discussed their opinions publicly.
There wasn't enough time for the anti-war movement to take hold during WW1, it only lasted a year for the US.
The Tet Offensive in January of 1968 and the ever-increasing body count fueled the anti-war movement, bringing in people from all walks of life.
The 347 to 504 unarmed civilians of South Vietnam in the Son Tinh village were killed in cold blood my U.S. soldiers. Some were sexually assaulted, tortured, mutilated, and beaten. The United States civilians greatly motivated the antiwar movement upon hearing of the incident.
Burning one's draft card.
Abuses by DoD intelligence units during the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-Vietnam demonstrations of the 1960s and 70s.
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The US offered to help south Vietnam in 1961 to help Vietnam preserve its independence from the North. It was during the Cold War, and the US was fighting Communist Russia across the world.
Bob Dylan is credited with being the voice of the counterculture of the 1960s. Millions of people gravitated to the lyrics written by Bob Dylan. Many of Bob Dylan songs connected with the antiwar movement.
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