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Thanksgiving Fast Planned by Pleiku GIs in Vietnam
About 200 soldiers at Pleiku’s 71st Evacuation Hospital sign an open letter to President Nixon planning a Thanksgiving Day fast from 0100 to 2400 hours to protest a “senseless war.” They would redistribute untouched turkey to the poor in the United States and a nearby Vietnamese orphanage and leper colony.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Pleiku
Nixon
Turkey
United States
Vietnam
Jerry Scharfenberg
Rockford
SDS
Scharfenberg
Students For A Democratic Society
Wth Field
An Khe
Pleiku Group