>not wanting to fan flames, but try this: http://www.amazon.com/Homecoming-Bob-Greene/dp/0399133860 . There are over 1000 discrete instances of "spitting on returning vets" referenced there.

This is becoming quite interesting. I can swear I read an article somewhere, with a bunch of references etc etc, where it said the thing actually never happened and that it was invented for propagandistic reasons. Not being here at the times, I could have chosen to believe either version.

So far, I believe neither - the "truth is just a trick" (Milorad Pavić).

>FWIW, it's also a matter of record that returning vets were advised not to wear their uniforms off-base because of spitting and other targeting. Why? (I suppose I'm setting myself up to have spitting compared to WMD in Iraq or similar, but it seems unlikely that the military would have made it up in 1970. Where would be the benefit?)

Where's the benefit of denigrating any peace movement?