Groups of Madagascar soldiers joined thousands of protestors in the capital Saturday, AFP reporters said, after announcing they would refuse any orders to shoot demonstrators.
Fresh youth-led demonstrations in Antananarivo drew large crowds in one of the biggest gatherings since a protest movement erupted on the Indian Ocean island on September 25.
There was organised opposition to the war on Vietnam in the armed forces, the G.I. movement being one of the more well known faces of it. The documentary Sir! No Sir! covers the basics. There’s a couple of full-length uploads on youtube and the internet archive.