Join the New Action Army
Title
Join the New Action Army
Subject
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
Description
In 1967, Captain Howard B. Levy faced a court-martial after declining to provide medical training for Green Berets heading to the war zone in Vietnam, arguing that such a practice was against medical and his personal ethics. The trial received national attention and raised questions about the responsibility of military doctors to teach soldiers medicine, as well as an individual’s right to refuse to participate in war crimes. Levy served two years in prison for his actions and his case ultimately reached the Supreme Court.
Creator
New York Medical Committee to End the War on Vietnam
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. 1967
Format
poster
Collection
Citation
New York Medical Committee to End the War on Vietnam, “Join the New Action Army,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 14, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/13.