If you can point me to a documented case of a returning Viet vet getting spat upon, please drop a line to E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.
I’ve ordered a CBS Evening News tape from 1971 in which a vet speaks about being spat on, so the debate is obviously far from over. Lindgren promises “More Blockbuster Revelations” about Jerry Lembcke’s work in days to come. If he’s still alive, Minarik could advance the current debate by coming forward and providing more details. It goes without saying that none of these biographical details should disqualify Minarik’s testimony: Spit takes are disgusting whether flung on conservatives, socialists, or vegetarians. understand the spat-upon veteran stories as a genre of defeated male-warrior fantasies spawned in the post-Vietnam culture of the United States. How the startling image of an anti-war protested spitting on a uniformed veteran misrepresented the narrative of Vietnam War political debateOne of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester often a woman spitting on the uniformed veteran just off the plane. He tells the Chronicle-Telegram that he’s “very impressed” with President Nixon’s efforts to establish communications with students. It describes Minarik as a “conservative” University of Dayton student who had just appeared on The Mood on Campuses in 1971, a public television program moderated by Studs Terkel that gathered the views of students and professors. But so filled with bitterness and resentment were some soldiers returning in the 70s, at the height of the anti-war movement, that I suspected being spit upon has become an urban myth that, because of its repetition, distorts American history. 2, 1971, Elyia, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram news story. I have nothing against those who served in Vietnam.
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