>When and where did the slogan "Support the Troops --
>Bring Them Home" originate? In the anti-Gulf War
>movement?
Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>The Gulf War was the first time I ever encountered
>it. We didn't use it in the Vietnam War. A Vietnam
>veteran who spoke at our major rally locally(he had
>been a marine machine gunner) said it was a silly
>slogan.
I didn't exist yet during most of the Vietnam War, but I have a copy of "West Bloc Dissident" by William Blum (the author of "Killing Hope" and "Rogue State"). On the cover is a picture of a New York anti-war march down Fifth Avenue, and a man is carrying a sign that says "Support Our Boys -- Bring Them Home Now."
Interestingly, right next to him is someone with a sign saying "The USA National Liberation Movement Supports the NLF of Vietnam." And next to him is a woman with a sign saying "Committee to Aid the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam."
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