Antiwar protestors associated with the Catholic Left raid draft offices in Buffalo, New York, and Camden, New Jersey, to confiscate and destroy draft records. The FBI and local police arrested 25 protestors.
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Aug 21, 1971:
Antiwar protestors raid draft offices
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This Week in History, Aug 21 - Aug 27
- Aug 21, 1963
- Nhu's Special Forces attack the Buddhists
- Aug 21, 1965
- U.S. pilots given green light to go after anti-aircraft missiles in the North
- Aug 21, 1969
- Nixon meets with South Korean President
- Aug 21, 1971
- Antiwar protestors raid draft offices
- Aug 22, 1962
- Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam
- Aug 22, 1967
- Graduated bombing policy condemned
- Aug 22, 1968
- VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture
- Aug 22, 1972
- Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach
- Aug 23, 1966
- U.S. cargo ship strikes a mine near Saigon
- Aug 23, 1968
- Communist forces renew offensive
- Aug 24, 1963
- Washington changes policy on support for President Diem
- Aug 24, 1969
- U.S. unit refuses commander's order
- Aug 24, 1970
- B-52s conduct heavy raids along the DMZ
- Aug 25, 1967
- McNamara concedes that bombing is less than effective
- Aug 25, 1971
- 173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam
- Aug 26, 1964
- Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president
- Aug 26, 1967
- Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam
- Aug 26, 1968
- Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago
- Aug 27, 1970
- Agnew meets with President Thieu in Saigon
- Aug 27, 1972
- U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong
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