We were wandering around the Gainesville Art Festival last Saturday when I spied a familiar face.I had not seen Scott Camil, the well- known anti-war activist, since high school. After graduation he went off to fight in Viet Nam as I headed north to college.
Our lives have been very different and here we were, a half-century later, chatting about them and his new book. "Winter Warrior". Scott as an ass-kicking Marine, 1967
It is his illustrated story -from Hialeah to 'Nam- and finally landing in this North Florida town we both call home. The book is cleverly illustrated by artist Eve Gilbert.
Camil spent two years in combat witnessing the horrors of war. After he was honorably discharged from the Marines he began pushing for peace.
In 1973 he was one of the Gainesville 8, a group of anti-war activists put on trial for allegedly trying to disrupt the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. None of the charges stuck and all were quickly acquitted. Several years later Camil was the target of a DEA drug sting in which he was shot in the back. He survived that too. 
Now he has this 96-page cartoon to tell his story. He was nice enough so sign my copy, "From Hialeah to Gainesville, let's work together now". After a 53-year hiatus I am happy to help.
When I saw him Sunday he and his wife, Sherry, were manning the art show's Sierra Club booth. As the old soldier spoke softly he continued his fight for clean water, good government, and what he'd like most, an end to war.
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God bless Scott Camil and his service to our country. My father was also a proud marine during WW2. I hope he and his wife will keep living a long and happy life .
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