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===Vietnam War, victory, and peace=== [[File:Turning the Regs Around Cover Page.png|thumb|upright 0.75|GIs using the peace sign on [[Pacific Counseling Service#Turning the Regs Around|''Turning the Regs Around'']] (1973)]] Protesters against the [[Vietnam War]] (and subsequent anti-war protests) and [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] activists in the 1960s adopted the gesture as a sign of peace. Because the hippies of the day often flashed this sign (palm out) while saying "Peace", it became popularly known (through association) as "the peace sign".<ref name=icons-asian-peace>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621122852/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-v-sign/a-harvey-smith-to-you/the-asian-v-sign-in-progress The Japanese Version (the Sign of Peace)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623145709/http://www.icons.org.uk/about-us ICONS. A portrait of England]. Accessed 1 June 2008</ref>
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