the peace sign came from bandanas dissident soldiers would wear signalling they wouldn’t shoot, there was an entire POW civil war going on inside vietnamese camps. chapter 2(3?) of “the invisible bridge” by @rickperlstein.bsky.social goes into this in detail
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Vicky ACAB
One of the core factors in ending the Vietnam war was the near total collapse of the US military, the breakdown of discipline by massive widespread refusal by drafted soldiers. One reason the draft was dismantled was fragging: soldiers killed their officers rather than go on patrol
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