Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Vietnam Fasters--Members of the 71st Evacuation Hospital who are fasting on the Thanksgiving Day to protest the Vietnam war sit on the hospital grounds at Pleiku, South Vietnam Thursday. About 100 U.S. soldiers and seven officers went hungry and ignored the turkey dinners. From left are. 1st Lt. Sharon Stanley, 23, of Ft. Bragg, N.C., whose father is commander of the Green Berets' Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg; Capt. Donald Van Nimwegen. of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Spec. 4 Stephen Streeper, of Pocatello, Idaho, one of the fast's organizers.
Vietnam Fasters--Members of the 71st Evacuation Hospital who are fasting on the Thanksgiving Day to protest the Vietnam war sit on the hospital grounds at Pleiku, South Vietnam Thursday. About 100 U.S. soldiers and seven officers went hungry and ignored the turkey dinners. From left are. 1st Lt. Sharon Stanley, 23, of Ft. Bragg, N.C., whose father is commander of the Green Berets' Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg; Capt. Donald Van Nimwegen. of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Spec. 4 Stephen Streeper, of Pocatello, Idaho, one of the fast's organizers.
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Vietnam Fasters--Members of the 71st Evacuation Hospital who are fasting on the Thanksgiving Day to protest the Vietnam war sit on the hospital grounds at Pleiku, South Vietnam Thursday. About 100 U.S. soldiers and seven officers went hungry and ignored the turkey dinners. From left are. 1st Lt. Sharon Stanley, 23, of Ft. Bragg, N.C., whose father is commander of the Green Berets' Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg; Capt. Donald Van Nimwegen. of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Spec. 4 Stephen Streeper, of Pocatello, Idaho, one of the fast's organizers.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1969]

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[Information from item housing] Demonstrations: Anti-War: Boston: Vietnam Moratorium, 1969

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