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An employee of Defense Attaché Office Saigon helps feed an infant

Photograph shows anti-war demonstrators carrying signs, "No more...Stop the war!", "Eartha Kitt speaks for the women of America", and "Stop the draft", picketing in front of the White House.

A photograph of Alfred J. Mirabelli's parents

Left at the Wall in 1990, the assemblage is dedicated to U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class (PFC) Donald Gary Detmer. A baby sweater accompanies a handwritten envelope, in which a there is an enclosed letter from PFC Detmer's mother.
According…

Dedicated to U.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) James Robert Pantall, the dog tags were left at the Memorial in 1992. The reverse side of the tags are stamped "POW*MIA / PANTALL, JAMES R / E3 USA / 3 NOV 70 VS / CLYMER PA".

A bottle of San Miguel Pale Pilsen beer, along with a letter, left at the Wall in 1990. The letter, originally enclosed in the bottle, is addressed to U.S. Army Specialist 4 (SP4) James Malcolm Arbuthnot.

Dated as 19 October, the letter…

Robert S McNamara's "In Retrospect," was left in a used condition at the Wall in 1997. The book had been left with 9 bullet holes and bound by adhesive tape.
Writing on the book jacket reveal the anger and resentment felt by some Vietnam…

An artifact left at the Vietnam Memorial, 1988. They are boots, OG-107 tropical combat style, commonly referred to as "jungle boots."

Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects | Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects | Antiwar and Radical History Project | Fred Lonidier Draft Resistance-Seattle Collection | Burning draft cards

An article from The New York Times describing a judge denying access to the records of the My Lai massacre, while also demanding access to Captain Calley's court martial.