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    Protesters marched on the Pentagon in October 1967 to express their strong anti-war sentiments regarding the Vietnam War. With up to 100,000 protesters at the Lincoln Memorial demonstration, 30,000 continued to the Pentagon to make their voices heard. However, not all civilians were against the war due to censorship of letters and newspapers that prevented knowledge of the true costs and impacts on soldiers. In contrast, civilians in France and Vietnam suffered greatly under German and American occupation, facing dehumanization, death, and injury.

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    Protesters marched on the Pentagon in October 1967 to express their strong anti-war sentiments regarding the Vietnam War. With up to 100,000 protesters at the Lincoln Memorial demonstration, 30,000 continued to the Pentagon to make their voices heard. However, not all civilians were against the war due to censorship of letters and newspapers that prevented knowledge of the true costs and impacts on soldiers. In contrast, civilians in France and Vietnam suffered greatly under German and American occupation, facing dehumanization, death, and injury.

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    OnelateatnightinOctoberof1967,30,000protestersmarchedtothepentagonfromtheLincoln
    memorial.FiredupbythedemonstrationattheLincolnmemorialwith100,000protesters,thissmall
    groupmarchedonthepentagontogettheirfeelingsacross.Antiwarfeelingswerestrongatthistime
    especiallyamongstleftiststudents.Itwasntalljusthippiedrugsandpeace(VietnamWarProtests).
    TheseprotestershadstrongdislikeofthewarinVietnam,butnotallwarsreceivedthissortofreaction.
    Withlettersandnewspaperssubjecttocensorship,manypeopleonthehomefrontneverknew
    thetruecostofthewaronthesoldiersandsupportedthewartotakedowntheenemy.Evenwhensoldiers
    camehomefromthewarsincethenewspaperswerecensoredtheirstorieswouldntmakeitfartherthan
    theirfamilyandfriends(Badsey,Stephen)IgnorancefueledtheirsupportofthewarunlikeVietnam
    protesters.TheprotestershatedthelackofinformationaboutthewarbeingopentoUnitedStatescivilians
    duringthewar,andwhentheinformationcameoutabouthowthewarstartedtheywereevenmore
    enraged.Protestersdisgustevenledthemtoshunthewoundedsoldierswhocamehomefromthewar
    leavingmillionsofveteranswithwoundsandPTSDwithouthelp(Sitikoff,Harvard).Howeverthese
    werenottheonlyciviliansaffectedbythewar.MillionsofcitizensofFranceandVietnamwereaffected
    farmorethancitizensonthehomefront.
    TheGermanoccupationofFranceleftmanyFrenchcitizensinfear.TheGermansgovernedevery
    aspectoftheirdailylivestodemonstratetheirpowerovertheterrifiedFrench.TheGermansgoverned
    whattheyate,wheretheywent,(Wichers,Shannon).InVietnam,hundredsofunarmedcivilianswere
    gunneddown.MillionswereexposedtoAgentOrange.Theyweredehumanizedmakingiteasierforthe
    soldierstoharmthem(Turse,Nick).Ignorancegovernedthehomefrontwhetheritledpeopletosupport
    thewarornot.TheciviliansinFranceandVietnamwerejustasaffectedasthesoldiersofthewar.They
    weredehumanized,killedandwounded.
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