vietnam war

Feb-71

This newspaper has a very vivid drawing on the North Vietnamese army hiding in the jungle brush, with the shadow of American soldiers in the back ground. There is also a poem by Ngo Vihn Long in...

October, 1967

Photograph shows a group of women from Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, Washington carrying placards demonstrating against the Vietnam War. The second speaker was Rafael Gonz�...

May-90

Issue #15 is sub-titled "Women in Combat," there is an image of a woman with a hankercheif on her head holding an automatic rifle.

There are three looseleaf papers included in the booklet...

1966

Map of Saigon in Vietnamese. The map shows the different areas of the city in different colors surrounded by a light blue area; the streets names are printed in palce. It has a large legend in the...

1968-1972

This is a collection of flyers, articles and other types of political ephemera collected by Pat Cody and her husband Fred when they ran Cody Books on Telegraph Avenue in the 1960s. The majority...

Aug-57

The white button shows a drawing of a white and black hand clasping, on top of which is written SCLC, Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

15-Apr-67

The black and yellow button shows three Vietnamese farmers carrying hanging baskets, underneath which it reads "Mobilize to End the War in Vietnam, San Francisco New York April 15."

1971

The white button has a drawing of a fist holding dog-tags, below which is written FTA (Fuck the Army), all in blue.

15-Apr-67

The black and white button reads, in psyechadelic writing, End Mass Murder in Vietnam, April 15th, New York- San Francisco.

1970

The blue button has a drawing of a fist holding dog-tags, below which is written SOS (Stop Our Ships).

1970

The white button shows two hands breaking a large gun, underneath which is written, War Resisters League.

1967|c. 1967

The blue button has yellow writing that reads: Smper Fi Lives! Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, GI Resistance, and has a large peace sign in the center with a sword and dove behind it.

1967

The black and white button reads: Memorial Day, USA 1967 Vietnam: Our Boys Are Dying In Vain.

c.1965

The white button reads in large red type- Beat the Draft!, in smaller blue type it reads, Wanna stay healthy? Keep your windows closed and install weather stripping today!

c. 1968

Small, round lapel pin, yellow with "Horseshit" printed in black letters.

c. 1965

Small round lapel pin, hot pink colored background with "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30" printed in black letters.

1989

This is what appears to be a reproduction poster from the Oliver Stone film "Born on the Fourth of July." At the top of the poster, on a black backgroun in small white letters, "A true story of...

c. 1968

This is a metal lapel button with "To Hell With Hanoi" in white lettering on the front.

c. 1968

This is a metal lapel button with "Silent Majority" printed on the front.

January 31- February 9, 1983

The 16 page newspaper includes images taken during the Vietnam War. Below, listed in order are the names of the photographers whose images appear in the paper:

a) Eddie Adams

b)...

c. 1985

Canvas patch with "Vietnam Veterans Against the War" with the symbol of the VVAW in the middle.

c. 1985

Pin with "Vietnam Veterans are still dying of Agent Orange, VVAW."

Promotional pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) warning about the persistant threat of the affects of...

c. 1980

Pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Printed on it: "Support Vietnam Veterans Against the War." The VVAW was started June 1, 1967 (see Tom Wells "The War Within: American's...

c. 1975

Pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). The orgainizations name and symbol, a M-16 standing on end with a helmet on top, are on the pin.

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