debate between protesters
             and administrators of the government. The antiwar movement, through
             the national teach-in, contributed to the resignations of many
             government officials, including the resignation of McGeorge Bundy in
             early 1966. This well-publicized debate made the antiwar effort more
             As supporters of the war found themselves more popular, they
             were driven increasingly to rely on equating their position with
             "support for our boys in Vietnam." (Brown, 34). The antiwar movement
             spread directly among the combat troops in Vietnam, who began to wear
             peace symbols and flash peace signs and movement salutes. Some units
             even organized their own demonstrations to link up with the movement
             at home (Schlight, 45). For example, to join the November 1969 antiwar
             Mobilization, a unit boycotted its Thanksgiving Day dinner (Schlight,
             45). One problem of the antiwar movement was the difficulty of finding
             ways to move beyond protest and symbolic acts to deeds that would
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