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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

Photos of people gathered in a library and a collection of books.

Thank you Chanhassen Library for such a lovely space to host this 360 event, and for the great selection of Vietnam War-related books!

A Vietnamese women and two Caucasian males talk at a table.

Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, Stewart Herman and Don Pedersen discuss their personal experiences during the Vietnam War at the Chanhassen Library.

Learn more about the panelists:

Read Stewart Herman's story
Read Don Pedersen's story

 

Two women talking.

Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, a Vietnamese refugee, artist and poet chats with Kay Bauer, a Navy Nurse, after the event.

Some audience members additionally pointed us to their Story Wall contributions:

Read Myron Karki's story
Read James Kane's story

Vietnam War-related books on a table at a library.

A collection of Vietnam War-related books available to check out at the Chanhassen Library.

Photos of a Vietnam veteran and an airplane model.

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.

Learn more

Thank you to MELSA and Chanhassen's Carver County Library for partnering to make this event possible.

 

Biographical Details

Story Subject: Military Service

Three people talking by a window.

Event guests share stories after the event.

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

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