Inventory of the G.I. Resistance Movement and Anti-War Newspaper/Publications Collection (Vietnam Era) SPC.2023.013
Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2023-07
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: G.I. Resistance Movement and Anti-War Newspaper/Publications Collection (Vietnam Era)
source:
Great Lakes Movement for a Democratic Military
source:
American Servicemen's Union
source:
Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2023.013
Physical Description:
3 boxes
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1967-1984; undated
Abstract: This collection contains newspaper issues; flyers; newsletters; press releases; booklets; and other material pertaining to
the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. A majority of the documents in this collection are underground newspapers or
newsletters that come from anti-war, student activist, veteran, and Armed Forces support organizations, and military bases
located in the United States. This collection also includes publications created in the Heidelberg area of West Germany- the
location of many U.S. military installations, and a few publications that were published on United States military bases located
in Japan and the Philippines.
Language of Material:
English
, German
, French
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
The Vietnam War sparked many demonstrations across the United States in the mid-1960s, and grew into a larger anti-war movement
over the following years, continuing into the early 1970s. This social movement included students, civilians, and members
of the Armed Forces. During this time, many active duty, discharged G.I.s, deserters, draft resisters, and veterans produced
newspapers and newsletters for their peers without official military approval. These publications were largely anti-military
and anti-war, and reflected the soldier's, sailors, and airmen's sentiments regarding the United States involvement in the
Vietnam War.
For more information about the G.I. underground press movement and a listing of publications see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_Underground_Press
Scope and Contents
The G.I. Resistance Movement and Anti-War Newspaper/Publications Collection (Vietnam Era) collection (1967-1984; undated)
contains 3 boxes and 1.25 linear feet of newspaper issues; flyers; newsletters; press releases; booklets; and other material
pertaining to the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. A majority of the documents in this collection are underground
newspapers or newsletters published around bases during the war, or by members of the Armed Forces and veterans. These publications,
intended for their peers were produced without official military approval, and were mainly anti-war and anti-military in nature.
A majority of the material in this collection come from anti-war, student activist, veteran, and Armed Forces support organizations,
and servicement stationed at military bases located in the United States (Series I) This collection also includes publications
created in the Heidelberg area of West Germany- the location of many U.S. military installations, and a few publications that
were published on United States military bases located in Japan and the Philippines. Some of the publications and organizations
featured in this collection include: Movement for a Democratic Military (MDM); United States Servicemen's Fund; American Servicemen's
Union; "Camp News" (Chicago Area Military Project); Vietnam Veterans Against War; "Up Against the Bulkhead"; "Forward"; "G.I.
Voice"; "RITA Notes"; and others.
Related Materials
For related material please see the Conscientious Objectors/Anti-War Collection; and The Bond: The Serviceman's Newspaper
Collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Peace movements
Underground newspapers
Underground press publications -- United States
Armed Forces
Journalism, Military
Great Lakes Movement for a Democratic Military
American Servicemen's Union
Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization
Series I: United States Organizations and Publications
1967-1984; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains newspaper issues; newsletters; press releases; flyers; and other material that was published in the United
States by members of the Armed Forces; student activist groups; and anti-war and anti-military support groups. A majority
of the publications are part of the G.I. underground press movement that were either created on military bases; or by active
duty, veterans, discharged G.I.s, deserters, and draft resisters who wanted to create anti-war material for their peers. This
series is arranged alphabetically by organization or publication name.
box 1, folder 1
"About Face! The U.S. Servicemen's Fund Newsletter" (New York)
April-June; August September 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 3-5
box 1, folder 2
"About Face!" (Madison, WI)
1984
General
Cover and masthead states it is "The Banner" Vol. XX, No. 18, newspaper of the 193rd Infantry Brigade (Panama) but it is actually
an issue of "About Face!" a "newspaper for lower-ranking U.S. military personnel (and anyone else who might be interested)".
box 1, folder 3
"All Hands Abandon Ship" No. 4 (Burevpers Press, Newport, R.I.)
January 1971
General
Written by and for sailors at Newport Navy Base
box 1, folder 4
"The Ally, A Monthly Newspaper for Servicemen" (Berkeley, CA.)
circa July 1967; March, April, August 1968; May 1970; April 1971
Scope and Contents
No. 2, 3, 8, 26, 34; open letter announcing forthcoming publication of "The Ally"
box 1, folder 5
American Servicemen's Union (New York) "ASU Member Defends Self; Receives Two Month Sentence for AWOL" [press release]
1970
box 1, folder 6
American Servicemen's Union (New York) "Court-Martial Turned Around. Pvt. M. Smith Charges Military Harassment" by Bill Smith
[pamphlet]
1970
box 1, folder 7
American Servicemen's Union (New York) fundraising letter by Pete Perkins
May 8, 1972
box 1, folder 8
Bay Area Concerned Military "Attend the First International Military Rights and Antiwar Convention" [flyer]
1971
box 1, folder 27
"Broken Arrow" Vol. 1, No. 8
December 1, 1969
box 1, folder 9
Camp McCoy 3 Defense Committee (Madison, WI) "Camp McCoy 3" [pamphlet]
[1971]
box 1, folder 10-12
"Camp News" (Chicago, IL)
February-December 1971; 1972; January-August 1973
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 1-10; Vol. 3, No. 1-12; Vol. 4, No. 1-6, 8
box 3, folder 33
"Channeling" Liberation Press [booklet]
circa 1968
General
Note from publication: "Channeling" was one of 10 documents in an 'Orientation Kit' put out July 1965 by the Selective Service
System. It was withdrawn, perhaps because of the outrage it engendered. However, the SSS still presents material from the
1965 pamphlet in an abbreviated and less candid form.
box 1, folder 13
Chicago Area Military Project (CAMP) press releases
October, December 1971
Scope and Contents
"The Christmas Bombing and G.I. Movement"; "Would You Be Interested in a Drug Information Packet"; "General Strike in Okinawa"
box 1, folder 14
Committee to Defend the Ft. Hamilton G.I.s (Staten Island, NY) "First Army Chief of Staff Admits He Transferred Antiwar G.I.
for His Political Beliefs. Labels Antiwar Soldiers at Ft. Hamilton a 'Gang" [press release]
undated
box 3, folder 37
Conspiracy in Chicago "You Can't Jail the Revolution" pamphlet
circa 1970s
box 1, folder 24
"Counterpoint!" Vol. 1, No. 1. Newsletter GI- Civilian Alliance for Peace (GI Cap); Fort Lewis
undated
box 1, folder 15
Dix/McQuire Project (Wrightstown, NJ) "Demonstration May 20. Armed Farces Day. Ft. Dix, McQuire AFB" [broadside]
1972
box 1, folder 16
"Favorite Sons" Official California V.V.A.W. Publication (San Bernardino, CA.)
1971
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, Issue 1
box 1, folder 17
"Fight Back: G.I. Resistance in Europe Today" [flyer] New World Resource Center (Chicago, IL)
undated
box 1, folder 18
"Fight Back! Reservists and Guardsmen Join the G.I. Movement" Reserve and National Guard Organizing Committee (Chicago, IL)
undated
box 3, folder 33
The First Step in the Procurement of Military Manpower is Registration" Liberation Press [booklet]
circa 1968
box 1, folder 19
Ft. Hood United Front (Killeen, TX.) "Support Our Soldiers- Support the Ft. Hood United Front" [brochure]
[1972]
box 1, folder 23
"The Forumeer" Official Publication of the American GI Forum.
August 1970; September-October 1977
box 1, folder 20
G.I. Civilian Alliance for Peace (San Francisco, CA.) newsletter
1969
box 1, folder 21
"G.I.'s are Not Strikebreakers or Riot Cops!" [adhesive label]
circa 1970s
box 1, folder 22
"G.I. Voice" No. 4. Spartacist League (New York, NY)
July 1969
box 2, folder 1
"G.I. Voice, Newspaper of the G.I. Alliance" (Tillicum, WA)
November 1973
Scope and Contents
Vol. 6, No. 11
box 2, folder 2
"Air War" written by the airmen of McChord Air Force Base (Tillicum, WA) G.I. Alliance
[1972]
box 2, folder 3
"Gigline" Published by and for G.I.'s at Fort Bliss (El Paso TX)
July 1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, No. 7-12, Vol. 4, No. 1-4
box 2, folder 4
"Helping Hand" Mountain Home Air Force Base (Mountain Home, Idaho)
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, No. 1-6; Vol. 4, No. 1; Vol. 2, No. 6
box 1, folder 26
"How to File For a Co Discharge"
undated
box 1, folder 26
'If the Man Won't Stop the War-- We'll Stop the Man"
undated
box 2, folder 5
"Lewis-McChord Free Press" (Tacoma, Tillicum, WA)
March-December 1971; January-March, May, July, September, December 1972; January-March 1973
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 3-6; Vol. 3, No. 1-6; Vol. 4, No. 1-6; Vol. 5, No. 2,7, 8; Vol. 6, No. 1-4
box 2, folder 6
"Liberated Barracks" (Honolulu, HI)
January 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 1
box 3, folder 36
Los Angeles Power and Light Communications Center "Cambodia: Background to the War"
circa 1970s
box 2, folder 7
"Military Intelligence" Military Research Group (Venice, CA)
July 1970
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 2
Movement for a Democratic Military
box 2, folder 8
Movement for a Democratic Military "Free the Fort Ord 40,000!" [pamphlet]
1970
box 2, folder 9
Movement for a Democratic Military (Seaside, CA) "The Right-on Post: Voice of the Ft. Ord Movement for a Democratic Military"
1970
box 2, folder 10
Movement for a Democratic Military (Monterey, CA) Armed Farces Day [flyer]
May 16, 1970
box 2, folder 10
Movement for a Democratic Military (Santa Ana, CA) "Payback, The Voice of MDM Orange County"
1971
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 1
box 2, folder 11
Movement for a Democratic Military (Long Beach, CA) "People's Armed Forces Day" [newspaper]
[1972]
box 2, folder 12
"Navy Times Are Changin" Great Lakes Movement for Democratic Military
April, June, September 1971; April, May 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 1, 3, 5; Vol. 3, No. 1-2
box 2, folder 13
Movement for a Democratic Military "Out Now!" (Long Beach, CA.)
[1972]
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, No. 2
box 1, folder 25
"Napalm" Vol. 1, No. 5 (Ft. Campbell)
circa 1970s
box 2, folder 14
"New SOS News" United States Servicemen's Fund, Inc. (San Francisco, CA.)
March, May 1969
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 2, 3
box 2, folder 15
"Off the Brass" G.I. Center, New Hampshire People's Press (Portsmouth, NH)
[1971]
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 4
box 2, folder 16
"Offul Times" Omaha Military Project (Omaha, Nebraska)
July-October 1972
Scope and Contents
Issues 3-5
box 2, folder 17
"OM" (Washington, D.C.)
October 1969, January 1970
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 4; Winter Offensive Edition
"On the Resistance" Mike Ferber, Dave Harris. Liberation Press
circa 1968
box 2, folder 18
"Open Sights, by G.I.'s for G.I.'s" (Washington, D.C.)
October 1970
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 7
box 2, folder 18
"Open Sights" a Paper for People in the Military (Washington, D.C.)
June 1972
box 2, folder 19
"The Other Side: a Newsletter of the Concerned Officers Movement" (Ft. Bragg, NC)
[1970]
box 2, folder 20
"People's Press" by and for G.I.'s at Fort Campbell (Clarksville, TN)
March, August, October 1971; January 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1, 4, 5 (two issues numbered as 5)
box 2, folder 21
"Recon" (Philadelphia, PA)
July 1975
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, No. 7
box 2, folder 34
Salt Lake Resistance "You Don't Have to Go" [newsletter]
circa late 1960s
box 2, folder 22
Spring Offensive Committee "Stop Exploiting G.I.s!" (Killeen, Texas)
1971
Scope and Contents
leaflet with handwritten letter attached
box 2, folder 23
Stop Our Ship Movement, USS Coral Sea (San Francisco, CA) [flyer]
1971
box 2, folder 24
Students for a Democratic Society "FTA Two G.I.s in the Struggle" [pamphlet]
[1969]
box 2, folder 25
"Task Force" (San Francisco, CA)
August-October 1968
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1-3
box 2, folder 26
"Travisty" published by and for active duty G.I.s at Travis Air Force Base (Suisun City, CA)
November 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 2
box 3, folder 1
"Up Against the Bulkhead" (San Francisco, CA)
December 1970; June 1971; September 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, Issue 5, 6, 12
box 3, folder 2
"Up Front" (Los Angeles, CA.)
August, December 1969
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 4, 7
box 3, folder 34
"Utah Peace and Freedom Party 1968 Platform" adopted and recommended by the Platform Drafting Committee for submission to
the attending membership at the 1968 State Convention of the Utah Peace and Freedom Party
1968
box 3, folder 3
"Veterans Stars and Stripes for Peace" (Chicago, IL)
September 1967; February-June, October 1968; August-September 1970
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1, 5-7; Vol. 2, No. 1; Vol. 3, No. 3; Reprint from
Esquire Magazine "Big Brass Lambs" by James Deakin
box 3, folder 4
"Vietnam G.I." (Chicago, IL)
January-March, May, August 1968
box 3, folder 5
Vietnam Veterans Against War (New York, NY) "The 1st Casualty"
August 1971
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1
box 3, folder 6
Vietnam Veterans Against War/Winter Soldier Organization (San Jose, CA) "Indochina" [pamphlet]
1973
box 3, folder 7
Vietnam Veterans Against War/Winter Soldier Organization (Chicago, IL) "Position Paper on Amnesty" [pamphlet]
1973
box 3, folder 8
Vietnam Veterans Against War/Winter Soldier Organization (Northern California) "In a Time of Struggle, An Open Letter to Anti-Imperialist
Forces" [pamphlet]
[1975]
box 3, folder 9
"Wildcat: For G.I.s and Working People" Military Action Committee (Evanston, IL)
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 5-7; Vol. 3, No. 1, 3
box 3, folder 38
Anti War/Peace Movement- buttons
circa 1970s-1980s; undated
Series II: International Organizations and Publications
1970-1978; circa 1970s; undated
Scope and Contents
This series, consisting of two sub-series: Sub-Series A: Germany, and Sub-Series B: Japan and Philippines; contains flyers;
newsletters; notes; and newspaper issues created on bases located in Germany, Japan, and the Philippines. A majority of the
material in this series is in either French or German. Also included in this series is one iron-on patch from the Marine Corps
Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan.
Sub-Series A: Germany
1970-1978; undated
box 3, folder 10
"Amnesty Now! [flyer] German Section of the War Resisters' International
[1973]
box 3, folder 11
"Barras" Nr. 21. Soldatenzeitung der DFG, VK
[1975]
Language of Material: German.
box 3, folder 12
"Fight Back" (Heidelberg, Germany)
July 1973; undated
Scope and Contents
Issue 10; three leaflets
box 3, folder 13-15
"Forward" (Berlin, Germany)
December 1972-August 1977; 1978
General
Formerly "Up Against the Wall"
Scope and Contents
No. 11-20, 22-27, 29-36, 39-41, 43-47, 50, 52-56, 58-60, final issue; press releases
box 3, folder 16
"FTA With Pride" (Heidelberg, Germany)
August, October 1972; February, May 1973
Scope and Contents
#2, 4, 7, 8
box 3, folder 17
"Les Boeufs Voient Rouge: Journal D'Un Groupe de Soldats de la Garnison de Landau" (Heidelberg, Germany)
1974
Language of Material: French, German.
Scope and Contents
No. 1, 2
box 3, folder 18
"The New Testament" (Schweinfurt, Germany)
June 1972
Scope and Contents
Issue 2
box 3, folder 19
"RITA" note 125, RITA/ACT (Heidelberg, Germany)
1971
box 3, folder 20
"RITA Discussion Note No. 145" (Heidelberg, Germany)
[1971]
box 3, folder 21
RITA Newsletter (France)
undated
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 2, 3, 10
box 3, folder 22
"Spirate-Rouge Journal d'un Groupe de Soldats de la Garnison de Speyer" (Heidelberg, Germany)
1970s
Language of Material: French, German.
Scope and Contents
No. 3
box 3, folder 23
"La Tonsure Ou La Tôle!" [flyer] Dan Pruitt Support Committee
circa 1974
Language of Material: French.
box 3, folder 24
"Up Against the Wall (Berlin, Germany)
July, August, September 1970; circa 1970
General
After the September 1970 issue, the paper's name was changed to "Forward"
box 3, folder 25
"What is Going on in Mozambique?" (Heidelberg, Germany)
1973
box 3, folder 26
"The Wiley Word, A Newspaper for G.I.s, Civilians, and Their German Friends" (Wiley Barracks, Neu Ulm Germany)
September-October 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1, 2
box 3, folder 27
"Write On: An Unauthorized- Unofficial G.I. Paper" (Bitburg, Germany)
September 1973
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, Issue 1
Sub-Series B: Japan and Philippines
1969-1973; circa 1970s
box 3, folder 28
"Omega Press" (Koza, Okinawa)
September 1973
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, No. 6
box 3, folder 29
"Semper Fi Lives!" [iron-on patch] Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan
circa 1970s
box 3, folder 30
"We Got the Brass" Journal of the Second Front International (Tokyo, Japan)
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Asian Editions 1, 2
box 3, folder 35
"Armed Farces Day" Clark Air Force Base, Angeles City, Pampanga Republic of the Philippines
May 1971
box 3, folder 31
"Cry Out" Clark Air Base, Philippines
January 1972
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1
box 3, folder 32
"The Wing" Clark Air Force Base, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
July 4, 1971
Scope and Contents
First Anniversary Issue Vol. 2, No. 1
