Roz Payne Holding Sign at Hiroshima Day and Free Capt. Levy Demonstration
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Roz Payne Holding Sign at Hiroshima Day and Free Capt. Levy Demonstration
(1 image)

Anti-Vietnam War Movement

An image of Roz Payne holding a sign that says, "Join the New Action Army," in defense of Captain Howard B. Levy. In 1967, 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.

Roz Payne

Roz Payne

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

August 6, 1967

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