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Chanhassen 360
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Chanhassen Library 360 event on Saturday, March 24 2018 to share personal stories, and to listen and connect. Below are some highlights from this special morning.
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VIETNAM WAR 360 EVENT SERIES
Some audience members additionally pointed us to their Story Wall contributions:
Read Myron Karki's story
Read James Kane's story
Donald Pedersen, shared his experiences as a U.S. Air Force pilot evacuating people just before the Fall of Saigon during the end of the Vietnam War. He brought with him a hand-carved model of the plane that he flew during this operation. Below is an excerpt from his Story Wall story.
We cross-checked our dates to see if I had evacuated his family. It turns out that I had not flow out of Saigon on that same day he and his parents had flown out. Still, he and I felt an emotional connection and we talked. He gave me sincere thank you hug for helping the Vietnamese and his family. I was moved by seeing in such a direct way how the evacuation helped rescue a family.
ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR 360 LIBRARY SERIES
Twin Cities PBS and Minnesota Remembers Vietnam invite you to a community conversation that explores the Vietnam War and its legacy from several points of view. Drawing upon speakers with very different experiences, the conversations expand on the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Vietnam War documentary and on the Minnesota Remembers Vietnam body of work. Related videos and books will be highlighted.
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Thank you to MELSA and Chanhassen's Carver County Library for partnering to make this event possible.
Did you attend the event? We invite you to join the conversation and share your thoughts by adding a comment below.
Story Themes: 360, Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, Books, Chanhassen, Conscientious Objection, Donald Pedersen, Event, Fall of Saigon, Family, Library, Literature, MELSA, Refugee, Stewart Herman, Vietnamese