Donald W. Duncan

Donald Duncan
Ramparts magazine cover from February 1966, featuring Duncan
Born
Donald Walter Duncan

(1930-03-18)March 18, 1930
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 25, 2009(2009-03-25) (aged 79)
Occupations
  • Activist
  • writer
Known forAnti-war activism
SpouseIncluded
Apollonia Röesch
(m. 1955, divorced)
Children3 (known)
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1955–1965
RankMaster sergeant
UnitUnited States Army Special Forces
Battles / warsVietnam War

Master Sergeant Donald Walter Duncan (March 18, 1930 – March 25, 2009) was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who served during the Vietnam War, helping to establish the guerrilla infiltration force Project DELTA there. Following his return to the United States, Duncan became one of the earliest military opponents of the war and one of the antiwar movement's leading public figures. Duncan is best remembered as the cover image on the February 1966 issue of Ramparts where he announced "I quit", as well as for his 1967 book The New Legions and his testimony to the 1967 Russell Tribunal, both of which detailed American war crimes in Vietnam.[1]

  1. ^ Carver, Ron; Cortright, David; Doherty, Barbara, eds. (2019). Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War. Oakland, CA: New Village Press. pp. 8–10. ISBN 9781613321072.