70 Year Magazine Archive

The Unselling of the Vietnam War

by Patrick D. Maines

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Any day now, you should be seeing on TV, and reading in newspapers and magazines, advertising copy urging a quick end to the Vietnam war and asking that you write your congressman to that effect forthwith. If youโ€™re lucky, you may miss some of the more extreme of these ads, such as one that pictures two black GIs under the caption, โ€œThe only time weโ€™re in the front is when itโ€™s time to die.โ€

Potentially, at least, this is the biggest campaign ever launched with the aim of putting pressure on Washington. Its promoters are seeking its appearance in no less than eight thousand mediaโ€” TV, radio, newspapers, magazines.

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