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CNN The Sixties June 23, 2014 02:36:00

was hit by fire from a village while he was directing close air support from a helicopter. he saw women and children there and decided not to order an air attack. the colonial talked about it while surgeons amputated his leg. >> they can do all they can to save that leg. >> i know. god dang it, i hate to put bombs and napalm on these women and children. i just didn't do it. i said they can't be there. i'm sure now that that's where they were. >> as the casualties mounted, that was turning the public in this country against the war. >> how do you expect to be protected in this country unless you have people fighting for you? >> they are not fighting for me. >> they are not. >> this is a genocide, these people are being killed and killed why? >> dissent spread across campuses all over the country and gave a sense of empowerment to students who were about to be drafted but still couldn't vote. >> a new type of protest and civil disobedience occurs in new york city. david miller publicly burns his

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