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Once More to the Pentagon
As part of preparations for tomorrow's antiwar protest, Carlo Arredondo, left, whose son, Alex Arredondo, 20, was killed in Iraq, puts the finishing touches on his memorial. Right, Marcella Daneshinia, 21, and others assemble protest signs.
(By Kevin Clark -- The Washington Post)
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"I think we ought to get some cold steel and start using some gas," Army Chief of Staff Gen. Harold K. Johnson urged, Army records show.
McNamara, after surveying the situation from the Pentagon roof, refused. "Let boredom, hunger and cold take their course," he said.
Nonetheless, late that night, soldiers and federal marshals began clearing the plaza, and many protesters were roughed up in ugly scenes of violence. Four dozen protesters, soldiers and marshals were injured; 683 people were arrested.
Forty years later, the chances of a similar confrontation appear slim.
No soldiers will be deployed to defend the Pentagon this time. The building will be adequately protected by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
Nor are many protesters likely to get close to the Pentagon in the heightened security atmosphere of post-Sept. 11.
Protest leaders, learning lessons from the 1967 march, said they are taking pains to show no disrespect to soldiers this weekend.
And the Pentagon is not likely to rise in the air. Said Amelia McDonald, a protest organizer, "We're not trying to levitate it."
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