Scout Dog Platoon
1969: Thomas Quinn, St. Louis Park, worked with guys named Butch, Ming and Satan—the German shepherds who were the real stars of the 45th Scout Dog Platoon. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript…]
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial
1984: The Vietnam Wall and the Three Soldiers statue in the nation’s capital didn’t tell the whole story. Diane Carlson Evans, an army nurse in Vietnam, wanted a memorial for the thousands of women who served in the war. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
A Virtual Vietnam Memorial
2016: For the past two years, Herb Reckinger, Jr, had worked with a veteran and a journalism professor to locate a photo for every Minnesotan lost in Vietnam to post on the online Vietnam Wall site. But one photo was a blurry high school yearbook group shot. There had to be a better photo out … [Read Transcript...]
Behind Enemy Lines with SOG
Sometime: 1970-71. Somewhere: Behind enemy lines. Today’s mission was supposed to be easy-ish. Change a magnetic tape that was recording a wiretap. But Nick Brokhausen knew no day was easy with SOG. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
An Interrogator with the Screaming Eagles
September 19, 1970: Ken Klose had some downtime. So he decided to write to his cousin in Farmington, Minnesota, about life with the 101st Airborne at Camp Eagle, Vietnam. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]