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I got out of the
military in 1966. I got out because of the things I saw, the things I
was doing, and the reasons that we were given for doing them. It was a personal
protest. It was just me getting out of the service. There was no
movement to join.
DR. HOWARD LEVY,
DERMATOLOGIST, U.S. ARMY: I found the war in Vietnam more and more
repulsive.
And I felt that
I just couldn't be a part of it.
Eventually
I said, "Look, I'm not training you guys anymore, I don't agree with
what you're doing, I think it's immoral, I think it's medically
unethical, and I just stopped.
Threw them out
of the clinic. It took a few weeks for the army to catch up with that
and when they did they invited me into the commanding officer's office
and said, "Look, what are you doing here?" And I told them exactly what
I was doing, I said, "I'm not training them." And they said, "Well, you
should know the consequences of that." And I said, "I'm perfectly aware
of the consequences of it, I'm not training them." At that point it was
obvious that I was going to be court-martialed and a few days later I
got the court-martial notice.
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