Gen. Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses a gathering at Brown University and approximately 60 students walk out to protest his defense of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Some of those who remained shouted and heckled Wheeler, while others attempted to storm the stage. Outside, over 100 students continued the protest.
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Nov 15, 1966:
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university
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This Week in History, Nov 15 - Nov 21
- Nov 15, 1966
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university
- Nov 15, 1969
- Second moratorium against the war held
- Nov 16, 1961
- Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
- Nov 16, 1970
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