[Marxism] Why David Horowitz is Revolting #3

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

How the Vietnam antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture penetrated
a conservative bastion.

Dahlonega
Hill Country in North George, at one time (perhaps still) home of
mountain training for U.S. Army Ranger program
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The Vietnam Era was a time that brought many changes to the Corps of
Cadets at North Georgia College. NGC was still relatively isolated
compared to other colleges. Dahlonega was still a rural community
with not much contact with the outside world. This was beginning to
change as the 1960's progressed
. . .
During this time all able-bodied men were required to participate in
the Corps of Cadets. Except for veterans and those physically
disqualified, few waivers were granted. This policy guaranteed a
large number of cadets within the Corps. There were over nine hundred
cadets within the military program, including the male commuters who
were not exempt from participation in the military program. The Corps
was so large that it took up four dormitories, Sirmons, Gaillard,
Sanford, and Banes. Most Corps functions, such as drill, PT tests,
Squad and Platoon Progress, and others were conducted on Wednesday
mornings. This led to the institution of Saturday morning classes,
which made up for those classes that cadets missed on
Wednesday mornings.

Unlike other, more urban, colleges, the attitude of the students at
NGC was overwhelmingly in support of the Vietnam War. There were no
demonstrations or protests against the United States involvement in
Vietnam. The students believed in the principle for which the nation
was fighting and were well aware that most of those who were to be
commissioned were going to be sent to serve in Vietnam. Indeed, as
Colonel Chamberlain points out, the heaviest percentage of
commissions from NGC at this time were in the Combat Arms. Even if a
cadet was not branched Combat Arms, he was most likely detailed to a
combat branch.

As the war in Vietnam began to wind down and the size of the Army
began to decrease, the college administration began to reassess the
policy requiring all male students to participate in the Corps of
Cadets. The general mood of the nation was anti-military and anti-
Vietnam. This sentiment was beginning to show among the students of
NGC. The college was beginning to suffer difficulties in recruiting
new students with its policy on the military program. In 1972, in an
attempt to ensure the survival of both the college and the military
program, NGC President Dr. John H. Owen changed the policy requiring
all male students to participate in the military program to the form
that it exists in today. Only resident males were now required to
participate in the military program. Within a year the number of
cadets shrank from around seven hundred to less than three hundred.

http://www.ngcsu.edu/CadetAdmissions/histandtrad/history.htm




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