08-10-2023, 11:15 AM
My father, a career military officer, returned from serving in Vietnam in 1972. He was sent to Southern Methodist University in Dallas to get his Masters's degree and to run the Air Force ROTC program while he was there. They were told specifically not to wear their uniforms unless they were actually participating in ROTC activities and that included my Dad and his staff. Locker rooms were provided to change in. They were under strict orders not to call attention to themselves
We lived in the Washington DC area from 1968-1972. Now, I get that Washington will skew the perspective of what was happening across the US, but I remember numerous times my mom had to drive through protesters to get to the base gates. It didn't matter which base we utilized in the area there were protesters there. Did they spit on the uniformed military members...I don't know but the atmosphere was there.
We lived in the Washington DC area from 1968-1972. Now, I get that Washington will skew the perspective of what was happening across the US, but I remember numerous times my mom had to drive through protesters to get to the base gates. It didn't matter which base we utilized in the area there were protesters there. Did they spit on the uniformed military members...I don't know but the atmosphere was there.
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