History Lesson

Sandpoint, Idaho's Lee Santa sends along this worthy observation.

"Just watched a documentary film about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam called Sir, No Sir!, which I found in the Sandpoint, ID library. A great film."

"The antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam is popularly portrayed as one of student radicals and civilians. Yet there was a wide-scale revolt inside all branches of the American Armed Forces that led, by 1971, to the breakdown of the military’s ability to wage war. The GI movement, as it was known, involved nearly half of all enlisted men at its height, published nearly three hundred antiwar newspapers, and, in concert with mass civilian protest and the resistance of the Vietnamese, worked to force the United States out of Vietnam. Particularly active on the Pacific Northwest’s large military bases, like Fort Lewis, the GI movement is a little-known but central part of the vibrant history of Pacific Northwest social protest."

Link to the movement's site.



TS