The Voice Of The Winter Soldier
August, 1971
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.--Thomas Paine, The Crisis, 1776When Paine wrote those words, he was a traitor to the country to which he supposedly owed loyalty, while the nation that did, in fact, have his allegiance was only a vision.Today the Vietnam Veterans Against the War struggle in a world of similarly shifting definitions. Their commitment is best summarized by philosoph...
