Remembering Vietnam:Fifty-some Years Later
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
In progress
Start Date
November 2016
End Date
November 2016
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Carver
Project Overview
Wendell Affield, author of Muddy Jungle Rivers, will speak about his time as a member of the Mobile Riverine Force, a special unit comprised of Army and Navy personnel. His memoir gives a close-up look at life on a riverboat during 1968, the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War. Veterans, active military servicemen and women, their families and any interested members of the community are invited.
Project Details
0 participated
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$0
Other Funds Leveraged
$500
Direct expenses
$500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
We expect this author presentation will inform community members about the Vietnam War from “a twenty year-old brown water sailor’s point of view”. From the author’s description, “this memoir takes the reader into the frustration, rage, terror, death, betrayal, and search for redemption”.
Source of Additional Funds
County Veterans Services
Project Manager
First Name
Ken
Last Name
Behringer
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
ken@melsa.org
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