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I got turned down for conscientious objector status and then turned down again on my appeal. All this took so long that by the time I am leaving for Canada, I hear Tony Scaratini is already done with boot camp and has been deployed to Vietnam.
— Jun 10, 2012 10:21AM
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Larry Bassett
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The day before Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, he talked about how people who didn't stand up for anything were dead although they didn't know it.
— Jun 10, 2012 10:23AM
Larry Bassett
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When I think about the reality that in a year or two I could be in Vietnam, I find it hard to believe that I would actually kill people. I can imagine being in the military, being in a war. I have imagined it all my life. But I can't imagine killing Vietnamese people. More to the point, I can't imagine how I will live with myself after I do.
— Jun 10, 2012 10:08AM
Larry Bassett
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It will be Sam's first demonstration and it will change him and help him to not be so straight. A good whiff of tear gas gives a kid perspective. I only have to convince him later not to give our parents all the details.
— Jun 10, 2012 10:00AM
Larry Bassett
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I am fifteen. I still have two and a half years before registering for the draft, but Vietnam will be there waiting. I am going to be asked to support freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia - at any price.
— Jun 10, 2012 09:52AM
Larry Bassett
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I know that because I am a boy I will go to war. Boys in Haley go to war. I don't know who I am going to fight. Possibly the Germans or the Russians. It will come, probably when I turn eighteen. I am only seven now so I have a lot of time. I'm not worried. It's just what happens.
— Jun 10, 2012 08:12AM
