court martial began what would happen was we would walk from the parking lot to the building with aquash was being held and it was the most remarkable thing when hundreds hundreds of g.i. s. would hang out of windows out of the barracks and give me the v. sign will give me that clenched fist this was mine but to me this was a revelation and at that point it really became crystal clear to me that something had changed and that something very very important was happening. only people would. think. yes. i would inch i really don't know how many but i know how many i met in the years the majority of the men that i met in the service were opposed or really didn't know how to force their opinions to give it much thought. yes. nine hundred sixty eight was the turning point by then america had over a half a million troops in south vietnam during the lunar new year holiday called attack the enemy the north vietnamese the national liberation front arms launched an offensive that overran the entire country before being pushed back the tet offensive revealed that the enemy had widespread support fro