2008 Author Lecture
Saturday, January 26 - 1:00 PM
The Air Force in the Battle of Khe Sanh*
Oral history discussion by NJ Vietnam Veteran Major General Clark W. Martin, USAF (Ret.) accompanied by fellow former USAF FAC pilot Bud Jones
Saturday, February 2 - 1:00 PM
In the Navy, in Vietnam*
Oral history discussion by NJ Vietnam Veteran Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, USN (Ret.)
Saturday, March 1 - 1:00 PM
Vietnam Vets Who Wouldn't Come Home*
Discussion about his encounters in Thailand by Steve Lonegan, ex-Mayor of Bogota, NJ
Saturday, April 12 - 1:00 PM
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq*
Author lecture by NYU Professsor Yvonne Latty
Thursday, April 24 - 7:00 PM
USS New Jersey in the Vietnam War
Lecture and slide show presentation by NJ Vietnam Veteran and Military Liaison Officer to Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, Cmdr. Daniel A. Soldano, USNR (Ret.)
Saturday, May 17 - 1:00 PM
On the Road to Recovery*
Oral history by NJ Vietnam-Era Veteran Bishop Fred Rubin about tending to G.I.s in the Army hospital in Hawaii.
Saturday, June 14 - 1:00 PM
Bullets and Bandages*
A Novel based on a Combat Medic's experience in the Vietnam War
Author lecture by Robert Saniscalchi
Saturday, July 19 - 1:00 PM
Re-Inventing the Wheel: USAF Close Air Support in Vietnam*
Lecture by Tom Wisker, host of the radio program Weaponry on WBAI, New York
Saturday, August 9 - 1:00 PM
Centaurs in Vietnam: Air Cavalry at War*
Video and oral-history presentation by NJ Vietnam Veteran Carl Burns
Thursday, October 2 - 10:00 AM
Centuars in Vietnam: Army Air Cavalry at War
Video and oral history preseneation by Carl and Ruth Ann Burns. Carl was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam, while Ruth Ann served there as a war correspondent.
Saturday, October 18 - 1:00 PM
My Personal Journey Back*
Slide show presentation by NJ Vietnam Veteran David Legg on his recent trip back to Vietnam. During the war he was a combat engineer platoon leader and helicopter pilot.
Saturday, November 8 - 1:00 PM
Honoring the Marine Corps' 233rd Birthday*
Lecture by Andrew Lubin, member of the USMC Combat Correspondents Association
*Lecture attendees are asked to RSVP one week prior to the event. A donation of $5.00 per person is suggested. To register or for more information about any of these events, please call the NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation office at (732) 335-0033.
The Vietnam Era Educational Center is located adjacent to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial off the Garden State Parkway at exit 116 in Holmdel, NJ.
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