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Marine Attacks Sub

By VVAW

Peter DeMott, ex-Marine and Vietnam vet was sentenced to a year in jail on March 6th for actions which, he said, were taken "in the interest of peace and not with any other motive."

During launching ceremonies for a fast-attack submarine at the General Dynamics shipyard in New London, CT, the vet seized a company van (with keys in the ignition) and drove it to the spot where a Trident submarine was under construction. He was not stopped because local security assumed he was a workman. Once he reached the Trident he locked the doors and windows on the van and slammed the van in reverse into the rudder of the sub, up to fifteen times before security could finally get into the van.

During his trial, DeMott pointed out he was speaking against the insanity of the nuclear arms race when there is already enough nuclear weaponry to kill every man, woman and child in the world at least a dozen times.

DeMott's address is:

Montville Correctional Ctr
P.O. Box 1000
Uncasville, CT 06038