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On This Day: The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the... (1971)

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On January 31, 1971: The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize alleged war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.

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