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Amnesty march by veterans demands amnesty and benefits
Several hundred veterans marched through Washington under a hot sun demanding amnesty for draft resisters and better benefits. Led by a woman with a bullhorn, they carried banners from New York Chicago Cincinnati and Dayton. They sat near the Jefferson Memorial and heard speeches as flags from North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge and Pathet Lao adorned a makeshift rostrum. The Vietnam Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier Organization sponsored the march calling for an end to U S aid to South Vietnam and Lon Nol Thieu regimes and for improved veteran benefits including single grade discharges and removal of Nixon. A separate group named the Second American Bonus March demonstrated for improved VA hospital conditions expanded veteran rights and humane homes for disabled veterans.