“When I was in medic training, the My Lai Massacre hit the front pages. … All of us, including me, were devastated by it. We were utterly horrified by it. It left no doubt what we should believe about the war. Then with my lawyer, I went and turned myself in to the Presidio stockade, and refused orders to Vietnam.”

This year marks 50 years of GI resistance, in and out of uniform, for many of the courageous individuals featured in our currently weekly podcasts highlighting Vietnam-era veterans.  During our first week, we've raised about $1,000 of the $7,500 needed to produce this year-long series of dozens of interviews. We can't let this history be lost!

“But then something changed. Guys started saying: “I’m not going out there. I’m not going to do this. I’m not going to do that.” That stuff started happening more and more and more and more, such to the point where some people make the claim, and I think rightfully so, that that war ended because the troops were beginning to mutiny big time." Listen to Mike Wong's story now.

This Courage to Resist podcast was produced in collaboration with the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace -- "Towards an honest commemoration of the American war in Vietnam."

Military war resister shirts available

In addition to our Courage to Resist “peace star” design, we also have “Grim Reaper - Refuse War”, “Refuse War – Go AWOL”, “AWOL – Support Military War Resisters”, and Objector Church designs. We offer these to raise funds to support war resisters. They are all about $25 for sizes small thru XL, and a bit more for larger sizes. Please allow about 9 days for delivery within the US. 50% of shirt may qualify as a tax-deductible contribution. Visit couragetoresist.org/store