Sixty years ago today, on November 2, 1965 (October 10, 1965), a US citizen set himself on fire to protest the invasion of Vietnam. On November 2, 1965, a US citizen set himself on fire outside the office of US Secretary of Defense McNamara to express his strong protest against the Johnson administration's war of aggression in Vietnam. At around 5:30 p.m. on the 2nd, 31-year-old Norman Morrison arrived at the Pentagon door of the US Department of Defense in Washington from Baltimore City. He walked under the window of McNamara's office, lit a bottle of gasoline he had brought with him and his gasoline-soaked clothes, and chanted slogans. A few hours after Morrison's self-immolation, his wife issued a statement to reporters through a friend, saying: "Morrison has given his life today to express his concern for the tremendous loss of life and human suffering caused by the Vietnam War. He protested the deep military involvement of our country's government in this war. He felt that all citizens must speak their true views about what the government was doing." Morrison has reportedly opposed the US government's war policy for many years. This spring, he also participated in two protests in front of the Pentagon. Related reports On November 4, Hanoi's People's Daily published an editorial on the self-immolation of Morrison, a young American, to protest the aggressive policies of the Johnson government. The editorial said that Morrison's self-immolation shows that the American people express their high indignation with their heroic sacrifice. Morrison's action is a severe indictment of the Johnson administration. The editorial pointed out that Morrison's action will prompt the American people to increasingly see the reactionary nature of Johnson, and inspire and mobilize the American people to take more extensive and intense actions, take to the streets, tear up their service certificates, demand the withdrawal of US troops from South Vietnam, demand the cessation of the war, and save the United States from the disaster of the war of aggression created by Johnson. The Vietnam Women's Federation issued a statement on the 3rd saying that Morrison's self-immolation action shows the desire of American youth and people not to shed blood for the self-interest of the American militant group. This is the high indignation and protest of the American people and youth against the US authorities. The statement said that the fire of Morrison's self-immolation also heralded a greater and unstoppable storm of opposition to the U.S. government's aggressive policies.