Court-martial of Howard Levy
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Court-martial of Howard Levy
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The court-martial of Howard Levy occurred in 1967. Howard Levy was a United States Army doctor who became an early resister to the Vietnam War. In 1967, he was court-martialed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for refusing an order to train Green Beret medics on their way to Vietnam. He said it "became clear to me that the Army [was using medics] to 'win hearts and minds' in Vietnamese villages - while still burning them to the ground in search-and-destroy missions." He considered the Special For
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U.S. Army Captain court-martialed for refusing to train soldiers for the Vietnam War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial_of_Howard_Levy
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2024-02-19T22:56:57Z
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