Veterans' Voices: Minnesota in Vietnam

September 1965: Barry Bondhus got something in the mail. He was turning twenty in a few days. But it wasn’t a gift. And it wasn’t wanted. It was his draft notice. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]

1965: Jim Northrup had been a Marine four years before he shipped to Vietnam. Now, for the first time in his life, he was trying to kill men. And they were trying to kill him. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]

February 2, 1962: Air Force pilot Robert D. Larson brought his C-123 low, just over the treetops, as he triggered the sprayers. He was part of Operation Ranch Hand, an effort to defoliate the trees and expose the infiltrating North Vietnamese. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]