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Operation Dewey Canyon III

Back in the day on April 23rd, 1971, the peaceful week of anti-war protests dubbed as “Operation Dewey Canyon III,” came to a close. Organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the actions in Washington D.C. played of the code name of two U.S. invasions into Laos. Calling itself a ‘limited incursion into the foreign country of Congress,” the week long encampment and series of protests that started on April 19th featured the large participation of war veterans as media outlets were present to report on their activities. Bringing “Operation Dewey Canyon III” to a close was the dramatic scene in which more than eight hundred veterans tossed their medals and ribbons one by one over a barricade erected to keep them from the U.S. Capitol.

Before doing the same, army veteran Paul F. Withers said aloud, “I pray that time will forgive me and my brothers for what we did,” and with that, limped away.

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history