Extensive Proof of Spitting on Servicemen is in 1969-72 Newspapers.

Volokh Conspiracy ^ | Feb. 8, 2007 | Jim Lindgren

[FreedomFlyer]

There's much more at the end of the article at the Volokh blog.

[L98Fiero]

Didn't Olbermann, just the other night, say there were NO documented incidents of people spitting on servicemen during Vietnam?

I wish I could cram this article down his weasely little neck.

[Long Island Pete]

[Tarheel]

I very distinctly remember seeing TV reports on the spitting incidents multiple times during the period.

To say this did not happen is bull ticky! Revisionist history!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What is there to say? Despicable. But then, John Kerry could be nominated for POTUS and run a competitive race . . .

[Rumplemeyer]

I was in Newark Airport in September 1970 with my father, I was waiting for a flight to LA, two US Marines were also waiting for the flight and three antiwar bozos started with their abuse.

My father told them to move along, they decided that spitting on my father would be an appropriate response to his suggestion, Dad hit the first kid square in the nose and he went down like a sack of Portland, combatant number two put his hands up, he got hit in the side of the head with Dads elbow and also checked out, number three turned and ran like his hair was on fire.

Shortly number three returned with a Port Authority Cop, who asked what happened, the two Marines said "these two fellows were running and fell, they might be drunk or on drugs" the cop nodded his head and smiled, they were awake by now so the Cop told them to get going or they were going to jail, they quickly left, a little worse for the wear.

My Father was at the time 38, not a brawler but a tough Hudson County Boy, a contractor. No one was more surprised than the two Marines, they told him so, his response was, "Thank You for the job you are doing, it is because of you those three assholes have the "right" to express themselves, just as I had the "right" to express myself. Good luck and safe home"

[Popocatapetl]

I seem to be having difficulty getting a permalink or the full article, which I would like to show around. Anyone have it?

[Postman]

I pray that your father is still with us and well. God Bless him.

[blues_guitarist]

"Shortly number three returned with a Port Authority Cop, who asked what happened, the two Marines said "these two fellows were running and fell, they might be drunk or on drugs" the cop nodded his head and smiled"

LOL!

WONDERFUL!

[theDentist]

"Just because it happened, doesn't mean it happened." -Any Liberal

[OESY]

In Clinton's America, the only moral certainty is that morals and standards are
an uncertainty and may not exist at all. Truth is what you convince people it is...."

-- http://www.alamo-girl.com/0391.htm

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[M-cubed]

Aways remember


A conservative bases his politics on his morals..

A liberal bases his morals on his politics....

[gondramB]

I remember all kinds of anti-soldier incidents from TV in those days - it shouldn't be too hard to document.

[ditto h]

I am very thankful no one spit on me in 68. I would probably still be in jail.

[FreedomFlyer]

LINK to article:

http://volokh.com/posts/1170928927.shtml

[armymarinemom]

Bump and bookmark

[Rainbow Rising]

It's amazing how touchy liberals get about this issue. A couple of years ago I was listening to WBAI (a Pacifica radio station, very left-wing) and a caller mentioned something about servicemen being spit on during the Vietnam War. The host practically tore the guy's head off. He insisted that the whole thing was a myth. I guess spitting on servicemen didn't jibe with his idealized image of the antiwar movement as a bunch of peace-loving innocents.

[FreedomFlyer]

YEP!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Chili Girl]

Didn't see Kerry on the list....