But did he resign from the group itself at the November 1971 meeting in Kansas City, or just from its national leadership? Two months after Kansas City he represented VVAW at a speech at Dartmouth College. On Jan. 26, 1972, he was at a Washington protest meeting where the New York Times described him as "a leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War."A picture is worth a thousand words...
John Kerry Watching Nixon on Television
John Kerry, a Vietnam vet and head of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, watches as President Nixon announces an agreement on a cease fire in Vietnam. Kerry, who lost to Republican Paul Cronin (D-Mass) in the November general elections said, "my initial reaction is thank God that the prisoners are coming home and that we at least have stopped American participation in the war."
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Date Photographed: January 24, 1973
Location Information: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
we at least have stopped American participation in the war His appearance on Dick Cavett proved that that was not his major goal. He wanted our Vietnamization that would have allowed SV to defend themselves against NV to stop as well. He said that just pulling out our troops alone would have just stopped our participation in the war and not the war itself. It seemed obvious, to me at least, that he was fronting the communist concern that the war continue... lest they be ousted and defeated in SV?