“In 1967-68 Colonel Tom Ware experienced two combat refusals of men under his command.  By 1972 Ware observed the increasing dimensions of combat refusal when the ‘Phu Bai 13,’thirteen African American soldiers from the 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, refused orders, occupied a barracks and issued a list of demands.”

Reference Data:

The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent During the Vietnam Era, by Richard Moses and Richard R. Maser, 1996, page 46