The Shelter Half

The Shelter Half was a GI Coffeehouse in Tacoma, Washington that operated at 5437 South Tacoma Way. from 1968 to 1974.[1] Named after a military tent called a Shelter-half, the coffeehouse's purpose was to provide a place for GIs at Fort Lewis military base in Washington State to resist the war in Vietnam. The Shelter Half served as an anti-war headquarters, publishing underground anti-war newspapers, organizing boycotts, connecting civilian activists with local GIs, and leading peace marches.[2][3][4]

In November 1969, the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board prevented military personnel from attending the coffeehouse by placing it on a list of off-limits places.[5][6]

The Shelter Half closed in the summer of 1974.[7]

See also

References
  1. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1972.
  2. Mitchell K. Hall (31 January 2018). Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 288–. ISBN 978-1-4408-4519-2.
  3. United States. Congress. House. Internal Security (1972). Investigation of Attempts to Subvert the United States Armed Services, Hearings Before ... 92-1... 92-2...
  4. Christopher H. Pyle (1986). Military Surveillance of Civilian Politics, 1967-1970. Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-8290-1.
  5. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1970/01/29/tacoma-coffeehouse/
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/22/archives/army-acts-to-close-coast-coffee-house-where-gis-relax-off-duty-and.html
  7. David L. Parsons (13 March 2017). Dangerous Grounds: Antiwar Coffeehouses and Military Dissent in the Vietnam Era. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-4696-3202-5.


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