Medallion supporting anti-war activists. 'Free the army' believed to have been used as a spoof of the American Army recruitment campaign 'Fun, Travel and Adventure'. Soldiers in Vietnam often converted the slogan to "F-ck The Army ".Round Medallion with large FTA in middle, circled by inscription' War is Hell' at top/ 'Why Not' at bottom.protest movement, antiwar, vietnam, fta, free the army, war is hell, protest, anti-war

This political paper opposing the involvement of Australian soldiers in Vietnam was written in late June 1966, just after Labor and Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell was shot at while campaigning for the 1966 federal election. He had just addressed an anti-conscription rally at Mosman Town Hall in Sydney where Peter Kocan, a 19-year-old factory worker, had waited for him, a sawn-off .22 calibre rifle concealed under his coat. The Vietnam Action Committee (VAC) was the first major organisation formed in Australia to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription. Based primarily in Sydney and associated with university campuses, it organised street protests demanding the immediate withdrawal of Australian and U.S. troops, paving the way for later large-scale moratorium movements.A typed newsletter on foolscap paper. The heading is printed in green ink, text in black on faded white paper. The newsletter consists of six double-sided pages. VAC Newsletter no.11, June 15c, 60c for 6 issues, $1 a yearnewsletter, vietnam, peace movement, anti-war, antiwar, anti-vietnam, oakley, arthur calwell, anti-conscription, calwell, whitlam

This page (14/15) was torn from a 1966 "Comment' magazine, an anti-war publication authorised by R S Gould and printed by Southdown Press in Sydney. A single page torn from a magazine, damaged around edges and yellowed with age. Printed on both sides. Advertises a protest rally in Martin Place, Sydney; membership of the Vietnam Action Committee; and subscription to "Comment magazine". Alternate page has anti-war cartoons and poem by Bruce Dawe.'Comment", June 1966, p.14antiwar, vietnam, gould, newsletter, protest, southwood press, bruce dawe, anti-war, comment, comment magazine, anti-vietnam, anti-communist, oakley

When American and South Vietnamese forces, led by General Creighton Abrams, launched an attack into neutral Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent antiwar protests throughout the United States, dealing yet another blow to Nixo's troubled presidency. 1961- 1975 - campaigns - cambodia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, general creighton abrams, president nixon, cambodia