Terry Whitmore
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Terry Marvell Whitmore was an American soldier, deserter and actor.
Terry Whitmore receiving Purple Heart from President Johnson December 23, 1967.
Beheiren
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Beheiren was an antiwar Japanese "New Left" activist group that existed from 1965 to 1974 which protested Japanese assistance to the United States during the Vietnam War.
Terry Whitmore
…he was ordered back. By this time he felt he couldn't go back to killing the Vietnamese people. With the help of Taki and the Japanese anti-war group Beheiren, he instead traveled across the Soviet Union to Sweden, where he sought asylum. He became one of over 100 Black U.S. GI's who deserted to Sweden during…
Beheiren at a demonstration in Kyoto, 1971
Beheiren pamphlet targeted towards U.S. soldiers