From What If? Could Tonkin Amendment Have Prevented Vietnam Ground War? by Bill Christofferson:

Senator Gaylord Nelson. What really happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964 remains murky 50 years later, despite a number of books and inquiries into a naval skirmish off the coast of North Vietnam. But it became Lyndon Johnson's justification for widening the war, and Congress quickly gave him the authority he wanted. An amendment to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, drafted by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson but never introduced, might have changed history. President Johnson went on television to say he had ordered retaliation after "renewed hostile actions" against US ships. The American response would be "limited and fitting," he declared. "We still seek no wider war." The resolution he sent to Congress was simple... Read More

In This Issue:

1. IVAW and VVAW Chicago Mobilize Against Sanctions and War on Iran by Robert Clack
2. VVAW Visits Archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society by Jen Tayabji
3. From the National Office by Bill Branson
4. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
5. Notes From The Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
6. Veterans F.O.R./VVAW Emergency Food Card Assistance Project by Jim Murphy
7. Remember the Children by Susan Schnall
8. Congress Rejects Veterans Omnibus Bill and Military Sexual Assault Legislation by Robert Clack
9. Military Justice (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
10. War Really Is A Racket by Michael J. Burke
11. VVAW Fundraiser by Brian Matarrese
12. Veterans Organizing Conference, New York City by Susan Schnall
13. Vets for Equal Rights by Danny Ingram
14. A Call to Law Down Arms and Recognize Our Common Humanity by Susan Schnall
15. RIP Bob Riggle by John Lindquist
16. The Future Is Now by R. G. Cantalupo
17. They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars - The Untold Story by John Ketwig (reviewer)
18. Full Disclosure: Toward an Honest Commemoration of the American War in Viet Nam by Howard Machtinger
19. McCain on the Ukraine (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
20. Vietnam Protests, Kent State, and Nixon's Cambodian Invasion 1970 by Daniel C. Lavery
21. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
22. 1972 Republican Convention (photos) by VVAW
23. Classic Oxy (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
24. They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace in America and Vietnam by Bonnie Caracciolo (reviewer)
25. Elegy (poem) by Bruce Weigl
26. We Did What We Could (poem) by R. G. Cantalupo
27. Protesting the Slaughter of Innocent Civilians by Louis DeBenedette
28. What If? Could Tonkin Amendment Have Prevented Vietnam Ground War? by Bill Christofferson
29. Tonkin Gulf: A Realistic Fantasy by Joe Miller (reviewer)
30. Tonkin Gulf Intrusion by Allen Meece
31. News of a Lost Friend by Dan New
32. Disbelief in Government Statements Markedly Increased During Vietnam Era by Gerson Lesser
33. Catching up with Tico: Prelude to the Tonkin Gulf Incidents by Joe Miller
34. Serving Your Health After Serving Your Country: How To Stay Healthy As A Military Veteran by Renee Keats
35. Walking Through Fire by Staughton Lynd (reviewer)
36. Back From Nam (poem) by Daniel C. Lavery
37. How I Nearly Won the War by Marc Levy
38. Jimmy Mack by Richard Wells
39. USSC Campaign Finance (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
40. Old Soldiers by James Hellvig
41. Letter to VVAW by Joseph Guastella
42. Peace by Harold R. Pettus
43. Senator Feinstein Very Angry at CIA (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
44. Betrayal: Toxic Exposure of US Marines, Murder and Government Cover-up by Aaron Davis (reviewer)
45. In the Dark by Frank J. Pavlak
46. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Torture by John McNamer
47. Tommy (poem) by Barry L. Reece
48. Flowers for An Loc by Jim Willingham
49. Enough by Harold Pettus
50. Letter to Editor by Al Donohue
51. Teenage Nazis (poem) by Dennis Serdel
52. Blurting Out The Lies (poem) by Mike Hastie
53. RECOLLECTIONS: Bacsi-Doc by Walt Cronin
54. George Bush Painting Boarding (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
55. VVAW in the 1980s (photos) by VVAW
56. Misc. Photos by VVAW