Hugh Thompson: The pilot who ended the My Lai Massacre – KUSI News
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Who Was Hugh Thompson?
Historical excerpt Hugh C. Thompson, Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is chiefly known for his role in stopping the My Lai Massacre, during which he was flying a reconnaissance mission. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson joined the US Navy in 1961 — then…
DetailsSDVFP Compassion Campaign-In-Action On KUSI News
On January 4, 2015 KUSI News reporter John Soderman met with San Diego Veterans For Peace members Gil Field and Stan Levin near the corner of Island & 16th in downtown San Diego while distributing sleeping bags to the homeless. That night they passed out twenty bags. Since the Compassion Campaign began, SDVFP has passed…
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SDVFP Member Jim Brown on KUSI’s “Afghanistan War Comes To An End” News Report
San Diego Veterans For Peace member Jim Brown recently appeared on San Diego’s KUSI News for a story about the 13-year long Afghanistan War coming to an end. Click here to watch the news clip on KUSI’s website.
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Christmas 1914 truces: a brief moment of sanity amidst industrialised slaughter
The text below is re-posted from our friends at Veterans For Peace UK. As classic anti-war dance anthem All Together Now is re-released, Nick Megoran says why commemorating the 1914 Christmas truces is so important. Britain seems to have gone truce-mad. This year’s Sainsbury’s Christmas TV advert is a hugely-expensive and carefully produced film about…
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Veterans Day Again
The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. — Ulysses S. Grant We’ve seen far too many military parades with their missiles, marching bands and mechanized young men. We’ve witnessed enough high-stepping soldiers in their polished black boots marching to the sounds of brass. Spare us the old men dressed…
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