Founder of VVAW, peace activism, Vietnam war poetry
Title
VVAW President
Term
June 1967 - June 1971
Movement
Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Website
https://www.janbarry.net/
Jan Barry Crumb (January 26, 1943–) is an American poet, journalist, author, and activist.[1] A Vietnam veteran and former National Officer of Vietnam Veterans Against the War,[2] he resigned from West Point in 1964 "to become a writer and peace activist".[1]
In 1967, he became the principal founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.[3]
American poet and scholar W. D. Ehrhart described Barry as an integral figure to Vietnam veterans' poetry, "not only for his own pioneering poems, but especially for his tireless efforts to encourage and promote the work of others".[4] Other literary figures who commended Barry's works include Eleanor Wilner, Herbert Mitgang, Peter S. Prescott, and John Felstiner.[5]
^ ab"Jan Barry". Discover War Poets - Vietnam. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
^"Vietnam Veterans Against the War: THE VETERAN: VVAW's Legacy". www.vvaw.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
^VVAW, The Turning, and the Rewards of Digitized History
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