SF/F Authors & the Vietnam War

At a Weird & Wonderful meeting at City Lit, we were talking about the various political schisms in SF/F, and I recalled hearing about a paid ad in the late 1960s where authors made a statement about their position on the Vietnam war. Weird & Wonderful's June selection is Le Guin's "The Word for World is Forest" (1972), a work responding to the war.

I was able to track it down (Galaxy, June 1968). Galaxy is now available for free from Archive.org.

Some context. First one here is an article from Science Fiction Studies:

• H. Bruce Franklin: "The Vietnam War as American Science Fiction and Fantasy" (1990)
• Nat Tilander: "Galaxy Magazine and the Vietnam War" (2011)
• Scott Edelman: "Which side are you on?" (2014)
• Alex Cox: "American Science Fiction Authors and the Vietnam War" (2014)
• SF Forward: "SF Vietnam Petition" (2015) 
•  i09 had a piece a while back on how SF authors' military experiences affected their writing.

For ease of reading, here's a transcription of the ad. I tried to catch any misspellings:

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We the undersigned believe the United States must remain in Vietnam to fulfill its responsibilities to the people of that country.

Karen K. Anderson Poul Anderson Harry Bates Lloyd Biggie, Jr. J. F. Bone Leigh Brackett Marlon Zimmer Bradley Mario Brand R. Bretnor Fredric Brown Doris Pitkin Buck William R. Burkett, Jr. Elinor Busby F. M. Busby John W. Campbell Louis Charbonneau Hal Clement Compton Crook Hank Davis L. Sprague de Camp Charles V. de Vet William B. Ellern Richard H. Eney T. R. Fehrenbach R. C. FitzPatrick Daniel F. Galouye Raymond Z. Gallun Robert M. Green, Jr. Frances T. Hall Edmond Hamilton Robert A. Heinlein Joe L Hensley Paul G. Herkart Dean C. Ing Jay Kay Klein David A. Kyle

R. A. Lafferty Robert J. Leman C. C. MacApp Robert Mason D. M. Melton Norman Metcalf P. Schuyler Miller Sam Moskowitz John Myers Myers Larry Niven Alan Nourse Stuart Palmer Gerald W. Page Rachel Cosgrove Payes Lawrence A. Perkins Jerry E. Pournelle Joe Poyer E. Hoffmann Price George W. Price Alva Rogers Fred Saberhagen George O. Smith W. E. Sprague G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy) Dwight V. Swain Thomas Burnett Swann Albert Teichner Theodore L. Thomas Rena M. Vale Jack Vance Harl Vincent Don Walsh, Jr. Robert Moore Williams Jack Williamson Rosco E. Wright Karl Wurf

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We oppose the participation of the United States in the war in Vietnam.

Forrest J Ackerman Isaac Asimov Peter S. Beagle Jerome Bixby James Blish Anthony Boucher Lyle G. Boyd Ray Bradbury Jonathan Brand Stuart J. Byrne Terry Carr Carroll J. Clem Ed M. Clinton Theodore R. Cogswell Arthur Jean Cox Allan Danzig Jon DeCles Miriam Allen deFord Samuel R. Delany Lester del Rey Philip K. Dick Thomas M. Disch Sonya Dorman Larry Eisenberg Harlan Ellison Carol Emshwiller Philip Jose Farmer David E. Fisher Ron Goulart Joseph Green Jim Harmon Harry Harrison H. H. Hollis J. Hunter Holly James D. Houston Edward Jesby Leo P. Kelley Daniel Keyes Virginia Kidd Damon Knight Allen Lang

March Laumer Ursula K. LeGuin Fritz Leiber Irwin Lewis A. M. Lightner Robert A. W. Lowndes Katherine MacLean Barry Malzberg Robert E. Margroff Anne Marple Ardrey Marshall Bruce McAllister Judith Merril Robert P. Mills Howard L. Morris Kris Neville Alexei Panshin Emil Petaja J. R. Pierce Arthur Porges Mack Reynolds Gene Roddenberry Joanna Russ James Sallis William Sambrot Hans Stefan Santesson J. W. Schutz Robin Scott Larry T. Shaw John Shepley T. L, Sherred Robert Silverberg Henry Slesar Jerry Sohl Norman Spinrad Margaret St. Clair Jacob Transue Thurlow Weed Kate Wilhelm Richard Wilson Donald A. Wollhelm