Viet Nam War

Tenseness on Main St.
Friday September 8, 1967
Vineyard Gazette
Trouble threatened to flare up last Friday afternoon in front of the former A. & P Store in Edgartown, where Mrs. Robert W. Nevin of Ed­gartown and Woollcott Smith of West Tisbury were collecting signa­tures on a petition to Congressman Hastings Keith urging him to bring their concern over the Vietnam policy to the attention of Congress.
 
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Kivie Kaplan Describes Peace March Experience
Friday November 28, 1969
Vineyard Gazette
Kivie Kaplan of Chestnut Hill and Vineyard Haven, a civil rights leader active in the national N.A.A.C.P., was among those who attended the Peace March in Washington last week, and he has written the following account of that experience, which he described as an inspiring one.
 
“To see the more than a quarter of a million dedicated young men and women and very few adults certainly showed that there was hope for the future, with our wonderful youth of today.
 
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Sgt. Jon L. Grimmett Is Killed in Vietnam
Friday February 2, 1968
Vineyard Gazette
Sgt. Jon L. Grimmett, the son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Petronio Ortiz of Vineyard Haven, was killed in action in Vietnam on Jan. 24. He was 21 years old and had been in the service two years, the final six months, to the day, having been in Vietnam. No details beyond this fact have been made known to the family.
 
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Sergeant Hagerty Dies in Battle in Vietnam
Friday December 8, 1967
Vineyard Gazette
 
The people of the Vineyard were bowed in sorrow and sympathy this week for Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hagerty of Vineyard Haven, who have been officially notified that their son, Sgt. William T. Hagerty, a medical corpsman with the 173rd Airborne, was killed in action on Nov. 20 in the assault on Hill 875 in Vietnam.
 
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Ad: Negotiation Now!
Friday August 25, 1967
Vineyard Gazette

It’s Time to Stop Bombing North Vietnam and Begin Negotiation Now!

 
“The present impasse can be broken and a halt put to the increasingly horrible slaughter and destruction of the Vietnam war only if one side or the other shows the wisdom and the courage and the compassion for humanity to take the initiative on a first step.”
 
“A cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam is an imperative necessity to create conditions for peaceful talks.”
 
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“The Gut Issue”
Friday August 25, 1967
Vineyard Gazette
“Thereupon Mr. Katzenbach said that as interesting as the constitutional issue was, the ‘gut issue here is whether or not the Congress supports the President in what he does...’ “ New York Times, Aug. 22, 1967.
 
Dear Mr. Katzenbach:
 
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Vietnam Project Is Launched by Group
Tuesday July 18, 1967
Vineyard Gazette
A Martha’s Vineyard Vietnam summer project officially began on Friday, July 14, when a small group met at the home of Mrs. Philip Rahv in Vineyard Haven to discuss ways and means for making such a project effective on the Island.
 
Those present were: Mrs. Paul Macy, Dr. Allen M. Butler, Mrs. Robert W. Nevin, Mrs. Roger Fisher, Mrs. Philip Rahv, and Mrs. Stanley Sheldon.
 
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Killed in Hard Fighting for Hills of Vietnam
Friday May 12, 1967
Vineyard Gazette
Word was received yesterday that Marine Cpl. Daniel S. Bettencourt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Bettencourt of Wilber Lane, Edgartown, had been killed in the heavy fighting for the disputed hills of Vietnam which have been in the headlines for many days. Apparently his death was caused by an enemy grenade.
 
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Letter to the Editors: V.F.W. Supports Vietnam Effort
Friday January 7, 1966
Vineyard Gazette
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
 
Support of the U.S. Government’s condemnation of those who have demonstrated against that policy has been expressed in a letter signed by members of the Martha’s Vineyard Post 9261, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Island V.F.W. post sent the following letter to the President:
 
The President
The White House
Washington 25, D.C.
 
Dear Mr. President:
 
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Islanders Won Notice in Washington March
Friday December 3, 1965
Vineyard Gazette

Ten year round Vineyarders were among the 25,000 to 50,000 persons who took part in the march on Washington Saturday to protest the Unites States’ role in the Vietnam conflict.

The Vineyarders, most of whom made the trip down by bus, were Mr. and Mrs. Austryn Wainhouse, Mr. and Mrs. David E. Lilienthal Jr. and their son David, Mrs. Robert W. Nevin, Mrs. Nancy Hodgson and her son Tom, and Mrs. Milton Mazer and her daughter Ruth.

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