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Scrapbook from Nam: 1960 WHS graduate shares memories of war in book

February 1, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. It’s been 45 years since Art De Groot served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Despite the passage of time, the memories of what he experienced and witnessed there are still vivid.
After many years of debating the wisdom of doing so, Art wrote down those memories and recently published a book, “Bu Ku Kilo: One Vietnam Vet’s Reflections.” Continue Reading

Service members from Vietnam War might get state ‘working holiday’

January 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE Starting next year, March 30 could be a working holiday in South Dakota called Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
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Sobriety, respect finally arrive for Vietnam vet

November 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Parkston vet never wanted glory, just to go home; earned four Purple Hearts. Continue Reading

Delay saved former ND Gov. Guy during Vietnam trip

August 4, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

One of North Dakota’s most popular governors had no doubt he was the target of a 1967 assassination plot in Vietnam. The near-death experience happened on a trip former Gov. Bill Guy initially didn’t want to go on in the first place. Continue Reading

Delay saves Gov. Guy during Vietnam visit

August 3, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK One of North Dakota’s most popular governors had no doubt he was the target of a 1967 assassination plot in Vietnam. Continue Reading

Honoring the fallen of Vietnam: Officials seek pictures to complete digital memorial

July 20, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A future education center in Washington, D.C., will display photos of North Dakota soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Continue Reading

Vietnam Fund is looking to collect photo of each vet on memorial wall

July 20, 2012 in West Central Tribune

BISMARCK A future education center in Washington, D.C., will display photos of Minnesota soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Continue Reading

Vietnam: 50 years ago; Belfield’s Jim O’Brien remembers time at war

July 3, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

At 19, I volunteered for the most dangerous and challenging experience of my life. At that stage of my life, I was in a fighting mood. I was looking for a gunfight and, in Vietnam, I found one. Continue Reading

‘Napalm girl’ photo from Vietnam War turns 40

June 4, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

TRANG BANG, Vietnam (AP) In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing “Too hot! Too hot!” as she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village. Continue Reading

Book chronicles local Vietnam vet’s journey to healing

April 21, 2012 in The Daily Republic

‘The Sniper Inside the Man’ tells story of Deono Miller. Continue Reading