"On the bridge, Curt Bell and his wife, Linda McKimbell, both of Portland, stood with a sign bearing the photo of Bell's brother John. "Died in Vietnam for another stupid war," the sign said.
"Some men who say they are veterans of other wars stood with the Watada supporters. John Mackey, a Korean War veteran, said it was important to be there."
"I have a guilty conscience for what I did (in Korea)," Mackey, 76, of Mountlake Terrace, said. "I didn't give a damn then. It's only afterwards that I began to think about what I did. The lieutenant has sense enough to recognize now what's going to happen."
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