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Museum to Host Portayal of Vietnam War Dog Handler

October 21, 2009 – 2:27 pm

During the Vietnam War, dog handlers served with their dogs in more than 88,000 missions. The dogs saved the lives of more than 10,000 American soldiers. On Sunday, Nov. 8, Jeff Bonemeyer, a living-history presenter, and his German shepherd, Heidi, will give a demonstration of a U.S. Army dog team at the Museum of the [...]

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Museum of the Cape Fear Offers Memorial Display

May 8, 2009 – 10:16 am

FAYETTEVILLE–People deal with tragedy in different ways. After Lt. Hugh William Wellons was killed in Vietnam in 1966, his family left a crate of his personal effects relatively undisturbed for over 40 years. The army shipped his crate home after his death. Hugh’s sister, Caroline Parsons, agreed to let staff from the Museum of [...]

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A Thousand Words: Photographs by Vietnam Veterans

April 15, 2009 – 9:44 am

Little did Martin Tucker know that a class photography project would evolve into a powerful exhibit of national significance. In November 2003, while working as photography coordinator at Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem, he posted flyers around North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad area stating, “Seeking Vietnam Veterans.” He hoped a few veterans would loan [...]

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A Thousand Words: Photos by Vietnam Vets

April 25, 2008 – 11:16 am

Little did Martin Tucker know that a class photography project would evolve into a powerful exhibit of national significance. In November 2003, while working as photography coordinator at Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem, he posted flyers around North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad area stating, “Seeking Vietnam Veterans.” He hoped a few veterans would loan [...]

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