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Thomas Boaz - Vietnam War

Thomas Boaz discusses how, during a year he spent abroad in Nuremburg, Germany, he came to the decision to be a non-combative conscientious objector and what it meant to him to be a nonpolitical pacifist. His status as a non-combative conscientious objector offers a unique perspective of the Vietnam War, the protests, and the draft.

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I Could Never Carry a Gun

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Tom Boaz at his home in Decatur, Illinois.

Where:
Decatur, Illinois

When:
June, 1971

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(Narrator's Photo)



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