GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee records, 1968-1971

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GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee

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Records of an organization which defended the constitutional rights of members of the military who opposed U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Included are correspondence, press materials, and ...

Records of an organization which defended the constitutional rights of members of the military who opposed U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Included are correspondence, press materials, and research files on the litigation in which GICLDC was involved. Legal files consist of military forms, statements and affidavits, clippings, letters of support, and other correspondence (including two letters from Bella S. Abzug and George S. McGovern), and they best represent the case of the members of the GIs United Against the War in Vietnam known as the "Fort Jackson Eight." Also present are records of litigation concerning Edmund Jurenas, Joseph D. Miles, and Allen Myers. Internal correspondence is generally routine, though it includes interesting exchanges between the national staff and lawyer Leonard B. Boudin, numerous individual soldiers, and committee sponsor Ruth Gage-Colby. Photographs include images of a protest parade against the Vietnam Conflict, probably in New Jersey, created by photographer Jack Feuerstein and an image of soldiers at Fort Jackson, S.C.

The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional photographic accessions are described below.

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