This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) at 16:01, 22 October 2005 (The first 4 paragraphs, having been written largely by me, can not posibly be considered a copyright violation.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 16:01, 22 October 2005 by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) (The first 4 paragraphs, having been written largely by me, can not posibly be considered a copyright violation.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The "Winter Soldier Investigation" was a public relations event put on by opponents of American military policy in the Vietnam which sought to portray the US intervention as irredeemably evil. It accused the American goverment of deliberately violating the laws of war by tolerating, encouraging and often even ordering its soldiers to commit war crimes and atrocities.
Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans came to the microphone and told stories of witnessing or personally committing these war crimes and atrocities, and they and the event organizers linked these bad thing to American administration and war policies.
The event took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31-February 2, 1971, and was organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. It included American Vietnam War veterans, civilians and media.
Organizers described the event as "anti-war", not in the sense of opposing all wars (compare pacifisim) or as a statement that North and South Vietnam should not have been fighting each other, but as strictly in the sense of opposing America's involvement in the Vietnam War.