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Regional Coordinators & ObjectivesBy VVAW1. WASHINGTON - ALASKA E. del Rosario (20?) EA4-7530 520 E. Malden Seattle, Washington 98102 2. OREGON Mike Whalen (503) 227-1393 1232 S.W. Jefferson #404 Portland, Oregon 97201 3. CALIFORNIA - NEVADA - HAWAII Lee Lubinsky (714) 888-2577 P.O. Box 5154 714-796-1853 San Bernadino, Ca. 92408 4. NEW MEXICO - ARIZONA Larry Rottman (505)898-5567 P.O. Box 623 Corrales, New Mexico 87048 5. COLORADO - UTAH- WYOMING Brian Adams (303) 255-1006 1460 Penn., #7 534-8301 Denver, Colorado 80803 6. MONTANA - IDAHO* Carl Larson (406) 248-8941 601 Rimrock Road Billings, Montana 59102 7. NORTH & SOUTH DAKOTA - NEBRASKA Mark Branson (605) 225-7212 P.O. Box 917 Aberdeen, So. Dakota 8. TEXAS Terry DuBose (512) 451-2841 VVAW State Capital # 12986 Austin, Texas 9. ARKANSAS - OKLAHOMA** Roger DeVito (403) 947-1669 P.O. Box 75483 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107 10. LOUSIANA - MISSISSIPPI Don Donner (501) 521-6919 4927 1/2 Freret St. New Orleans, La. 70115 11. KANSAS - WESTERN MISSOURI Johnny Upton (816) 561-1119 1840 E. 77th Terrace Kansas City, Missouri 64132 12. EASTERN MISSOURI - ILLINOIS Rich Bangert (314) 852-5735 VVAW P.O. Box 3149 St. Louis, Missouri 63130 13. MINNESOTA - IOWA Bill Hatton (218) 694-9932 R.R. 2, Bagley, Minnesota 56621 14. WISCONSIN John Lindquest (414) 562-9371 2439 N. Fratney St. 276-3372 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 15. MICHIGAN Dick Miller (313) 545-5117 123 Hawthorn Royal Oak, Michigan 16. FLORIDA - ALABAMA -GEORGIA Scott Camil (904) 378-0774 P.O. Box 13179 Gainsville, Florida 32601 17. TENNESSEE - KENTUCKY c/o Scott Camil above 18. NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA Larry Street (919) 485-5725 P.O. Box 1312 Fayetteville, N.C. 28032 19. SOUTHERN VIRGINIA Marsh Harrell (703) 622-3486 1302 Westover Avenue 625-4327 Norfolk, Va. 23507 20. WASHINGTON, D.C. - NORTHERN VIRGINIA- MARYLAND Tim Butz (202) 737-8600 2312 19th St. NW 387-5265 Washington, D.C. 20009 21. OHIO - INDIANA - WEST VIRGINIA Bill Crandell (614) 262-5168 43-75 Le Marie #B2 Columbus, Ohio 22. PENNSYLVANIA - DELAWARE Jon Birch 1004 North 3rd St. 717-233-3072 Harrisburg, Pa. 17102 23. NEW JERSEY Ed Selby 201-783-7944 385-7267 VVAW 324 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, New Jersey 24. NEW YORK - PUERTO RICO Ed Damato (212) 725-5680 25 West. 26 St. 539-9250 New York, New York 10010 25. CONNECTICUT - RHODE ISLAND Jack Smith (203) 624-4117 53 Wall Street New Haven, Conn. 06510 26. NEW ENGLAND - (MASSACHUSETTS - VERMONT - NEW HAMPSHIRE - MAINE) Chris Gregory (617) 492-5570 67 Winthrop St. 254-6315 Cambridge, Mass. 27. VIETNAM Bob Dunne (212) 725-5680 25 W 26 St. N.Y., N.Y. 10010 *Temporary - elections will be held at future date **Pending approval of Steering Committee. (Approved by Don Donner, Roger DeVito and Exec. Committee) OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES OF VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, INC 1. To demand an immediate cessation of fighting and the withdrawal of all American troops from Indochina. We cannot allow one more human being to be killed in Indochina. 2. To demand Congress enact legislation for the immediate termination of all funds being utilized by the United States government, its allies and the Central Intelligence Agency to support their illegal operations in Latin America, Africa, China, Europe, and the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. 3. To demonstrate that our military tactics dehumanize soldiers and civilians, and to make clear the United States prosecuting an illegal, unjust and immoral war in Indochina. 4. To show Americans that their society is structured by racism which lets us view all non-whites as less than human. This racism pushes our minorities through inferior schools and into the combat arms. Thus, we send our minorities off to die in disproportionately high numbers while we kill Asians indiscriminately. We demand that the military recognize its complicity in America's domestic and international racism. 5. To make clear that the United States has never undertaken an extensive open investigation of American war crimes in Indochina. We demand that the United States government, in its war in Indochina, affirm the principles of Nuremberg. As former GI's, we recognize the responsibility of the individual soldier to refrain from committing war crimes. We also recognize that the responsibility and guilt of war crimes committed in the name of America lies with our policy makers at all levels. 6. To demand that all active-duty servicemen and women be afforded the rights as citizens that are guaranteed by the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights that are presently denied them by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. We are appalled that servicemen and women are treated as less-than-first-class citizens. We endorse the efforts of our active-duty sisters and brothers in their struggle to democratize the military. 7. To support all military personnel refusing to serve in wars of aggression at home and abroad. We demand Congress enact legislation for the immediate repatriation with full amnesty to those brothers and sisters who are in prison or in self-exile by reason of their refusal to serve in the military. We support all persons refusing to be drafted. 8. To demand immediate legislation to provide proper care and service for all veterans in V.A. hospitals; to make available job training and placement for every returning veteran; and to provide the funds and means necessary for their educational and vocational endeavors. 9. To affirm that the membership is not only concerned with ending this war, but changing the domestic social, political, and economic institutions that have caused and permitted the continuance of war. ----------------------- Winter Soldiers Please Read AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION WE ARE RESEARCHING EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN BA LANG AN IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE APPROXEMITLY 5 MILES SOUTH EAST OF CHU LAI DURING JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1969. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE AMERICAL DIVISION AND POSSIBILY MARINES AND NAVY TROOPS WERE INVOLVED IN THE KILLING OF A LARGE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS BY TAKING THEM OUT TO SEA AND DROWNING THEM, THE OPERATION MAY HAVE BEEN CODED "BOLD MARINER." ANY VETS HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS EVENT PLEASE CONTACT MIKE OLIVER 4TH FLOOR, 25 W. 26TH STREET N.Y.C. 10010 212-725-5680 We could use some photos of VVAW in action at regional activities. Send'em to the national offie - the staff.
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