the winter soldier investigation
Over 100 veterans testified. We call this investigation the 'Winter Soldier Investigation.' The VVAWâs Winter Soldier Investigation (WSI) took place in Detroit from Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 1971. The Winter Soldier Investigation (WSI) grew out of the moral outrage of American soldiers who had committed acts in response to official orders and policies that were criminal in nature. Nowadays both are making headlines with actions on the climate crisis, but in February 1971, they were organizing with equal passion against a war. Guenter Lewy on the Winter Soldier Investigation, America in Vietnam . WSI got very little press at the time, but it did get some attention from anti-war members of Congress. The Winter Soldier Investigation changed him and his comrades forever. The term 'Winter Soldier' is a play on words of Thomas Paine in 1776 when he spoke of the Sunshine Patriot and summertime soldiers who deserted at Valley Forge because the going was rough. The Winter Soldier Investigation took place in Detroit in 1971. From pages 316-317 "Another organization active in airing charges of American atrocities in Vietnam was the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), which was founded in 1967; by 1970 it was said to have 600 members. PURPOSE: To prove that US military operations in Vietnam were war crimes and a matter of policy coming down from the highest levels of the government. 50 years ago this month the Winter Soldier Investigation (WSI) in Detroit was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Fifty years ago this week, John Kerry and Jane Fonda were both in Detroit, for the groundbreaking Winter Soldier Investigation. Vietnam Veterans Against the War. THE WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION. The panelists spoke of atrocities they had seen or carried out. The Winter Soldier Investigation-----On January 31, 1971, members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) met in a Detroit hotel to discuss war crimes they claimed to have participated in or witnessed during their combat tours in Vietnam. Their courage in testifying, their desire to prevent further atrocities and to regain their own humanity, provide a dramatic intensity that makes seeing Winter Soldier an unforgettable experience. As I began to read the Winter Soldier Investigation, the first major impression I got was of looking into a time capsule. Detroit, Michigan â Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 1971. In The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson is forced to reckon with the purity of an American symbol, and whether heâs ready to take up a mantle that might not be ready for him.The economy is in turmoil now that half the population has suddenly reappeared. âRaw and unadorned! Financed primarily by pro-Hanoi actress Jane Fonda, the eventâs honorary national coordinator, WSI was the largest war crimes tribunal held in the US during the Vietnam War. A conspiracy theorist network named the Flag Smashers is rising up in support of anarchy and life pre-Blip.