On April 30 and May 1, there will be a two day event to commemorate the Fall of Saigon anniversary at the State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies. The events are created and led by a team of men who fought in Vietnam, including Larry Rottman,...
Honoring Missouri’s veterans one name at a time – the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame welcomed its newest list of vets in a ceremony at the Missouri Capitol on Friday afternoon. One of those honorees was Ted Donaldson of Joplin, who served in the Air Force for more...
From dodging bullets to getting shot down in a helicopter, a Missouri U.S. Army veteran said fighting in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War still feels surreal to him. Bill Tlapek, of southeast Missouri’s St. Genevieve, served in infantry in 1968. “Which was,...
A U.S. soldier from Missouri who served in the Vietnam War made a promise if he made it out alive – that he would honor his comrades. Alisa Nelson talks to Rae Lynn Munoz, the executive director of Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial in Perryville, about a promise...
