Reverend Thomas Lee Hayes, speaking for the National Mobilization Committee, announces that there will be a massive protest march on October 21 in Washington. In the Senate, Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) made a proposal endorsed by 10 other senators to bring a peace plan before the United Nations.
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- Music
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- Presidential
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- Vietnam War
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- More voices raised against the war, 1967
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Aug 28, 1967:
More voices raised against the war
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This Week in History, Aug 28 - Sep 3
- Aug 28, 1966
- North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union
- Aug 28, 1967
- More voices raised against the war
- Aug 28, 1968
- DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam
- Aug 28, 1972
- U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War
- Aug 29, 1964
- Khanh steps down
- Aug 29, 1971
- President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly
- Aug 29, 1972
- Nixon announces another troop reduction
- Aug 30, 1966
- China agrees to provide aid to North Vietnam
- Aug 30, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh responds to Nixon letter
- Aug 30, 1970
- Elections held in South Vietnam
- Aug 31, 1955
- Dulles supports Diem's decision not to hold national election
- Aug 31, 1965
- Ky refuses to negotiate with the Communists
- Aug 31, 1967
- Senate Committee calls for stepped-up bombing
- Aug 31, 1970
- Thieu government maintains control of Senate
- Aug 31, 1972
- U.S. weekly casualty figures hit new low
- Sep 01, 1966
- De Gaulle urges the United States to get out of Vietnam
- Sep 01, 1968
- Fighter pilot nominated for Medal of Honor
- Sep 01, 1970
- McGovern-Hatfield amendment defeated in the Senate
- Sep 02, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh dies
- Sep 02, 1972
- 47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down
- Sep 03, 1950
- U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon
- Sep 03, 1967
- Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election
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