Free The Army tour

Free The Army tour

The FTA Tour ("Free The Army", a play on the troop expression "Fuck The Army", which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure") was an anti-Vietnam War road show designed as a response to Bob Hope's USO tour. It was first organized in April 1970 by activist Fred Gardner, and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.The tour, referred to as "political vaudeville" by Fonda, visited military towns along the West Coast, with the goal of establishing a dialogue with soldiers about their upcoming deployments to Vietnam. Barbara Garson was also a contributor to the show.

The resulting dialogue was turned into a film called "F.T.A." (released in 1972), directed by Francine Parker, cite news |first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title= Francine Parker; directed controversial 'FTA' |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/11/20/francine_parker_directed_controversial_fta|work= Los Angeles Times |publisher=Boston Globe |date=2007-11-20|accessdate=2007-11-28] that contained very strong, frank criticism of the war by service men and women. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-10000934/reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=820716 Rotten Tomatoes - "F.T.A." (1972)] . Retrieved 2 April 2006.] Footage and discussion of the FTA Tour is included in the 2005 documentary film "Sir! No Sir!.

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*Opposition to the Vietnam War [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7125667110184805714 Complete film at google]


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