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This soldier and musician wrote "The Ballad of the Green Berets"
Who is Barry Sadler
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Formed in 1962, this group was socialist in spirit and orginally called the "Student League for an Industrial Democracy"
Who are the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
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He represented HCM in the Peace talks of 1968. He was a traditionalist and a member of the Viet Cong
Who is Xuan Thuy
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This man was an important Black philosopher. Argued that in order to be accepted, that Blacks should fight in WWI, that they should "join shoulder-to-shoulder in close ranks"
Who is Du Bois
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This man was labeled as the "class clown" of the SDS. He was one of the founders of the "yippie party". Also a part of the "Chicago 8"
Who is Abbie Hoffman
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This is the title of a series of comic books that contained heroic and patriotic stories set in Vietnam
What is the "Jungle War Stories"
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This group was against the war, but believed that the only ones that should be protesting it were Veterans.
Who are the Hell's Angels
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A woman. Represented HCM in the Peace talks in 1968. Represented the political side
Who is Nguyen Thi Binh
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He said that African Americans should NOT fight during WWI. "how many times must we serve before we get something for it?!".
Who is Asa Phillip Randolph
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This phrase refers to the young college students who came from mostly wealthy families, that were protesting the war
What is the New Left
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Comic strip set during Vietnam
What is "Tale of the Green Berets"
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group founded on Nov 19, 1967. Originally had 65 members. It was a group of Vets that protested the War
Who are the "Vietnam Veterans Against the War"
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He was a representative from S. Vietnam in the Peace Talks in 1968. He was a well-known misogynist, and very westernized
Who is Nguyen Cao Ky
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He was one of two African Americans to receive a medal of honor during the Vietnam War. He was moving through the jungle with four other soldiers. A grenade is thrown at them and he throws his body onto it and saves his comrades lives.
Who is Private Milton Olive
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This refers to the series of riots that were held in October in Chicago, in protest to the Chicago 8 trial
What is the Days of Rage
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This man donated his land to be used for Woodstock
Who is Max Yasgur
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This co-founder and spiritual leader of the VVAW wanted to use newspapers and other nonviolent ways to protest the war
Who is Jan Barry
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Becomes president during 1975, only to surrender and flee soon after.
Who is Duong Van Minh(Big Minh)
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He was one of of two African Americans to receive a medal of honor during the Vietnam War. In 1965. He accompanied a group of paratroopers who were looking for Viet Cong soldiers in S. Vietnam. There was a fire fight. Group in front is being slaughtered. He defies orders and runs to the front to save the soldiers. Continues to keep going to the front, even after being shot twice. The fight lasts 24 hours. He's hospitalized and then sent to Tokyo to recover.
Who is Medic Lawrence Joel