A Major Force in extricating us from Vietnam

 

Janet Alfieri · Friends with Tom Turnipseed

I saw this film two years ago - I think I got it from Netflix. It demonstrates how the soldiers themselves were a major force in extricating us from that insane war.
http://www.sirnosir.com/the_film/synopsis.html

Sir No Sir! - About the Film

This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's–one that had...

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Sir! No Sir! A Film About The Gi Movement Against The War In Vietnam.

This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time.

 

 

Synopsis

In the 1960’s an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn’t take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. And it spread throughout the battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no one expected, least of all those in it.  Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile.  And by 1971 it had, in the words of one colonel, infested the entire armed services. Yet today few people know about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam.

Janet Alfieri: You're welcome . . . I was involved in anti-war movement and knew many vets who were fighting with us.   I thought that maybe there were only a few who happened to be in Boston. This film made me realize anti-war sentiment was epidemic in the military after '68 and that it was a major factor in finally ending the war. I'm glad someone documented it.