Sarah Butzin and Peter Butzin
Recorded
November 28, 2021
36:51 minutes
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Id:
mby021264
Description
Sarah "Sally" Butzin (76) interviews her husband, Peter Butzin (77), about his involvement in the draft resistance movement during the Vietnam War.Subject Log / Time Code
PB and SB discuss how their college studies influenced their political views.
PB shares how he became a military draft resister during the Vietnam War.
PB describes the military draft system that was in place during the Vietnam War.
PB explains how becoming a Protestant minister protected him from the draft.
PB talks about how some of his friends avoided the draft.
PB describes the trip to Chicago during which he met SB for the first time.
SB and PB remember falling in love.
PB and SB describe the demonstration that they attended at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
SB talks about the letters PB wrote her when she was in Europe.
SB reflects on why her and PB's relationship has lasted.
SB and PB discuss the mistakes the U.S. made in Vietnam.
PB talks about the work he has done at Florida State University and Common Cause.
SB explains why she opposed the Vietnam War.
Participants
- Sarah Butzin
- Peter Butzin