{"id":8499,"date":"2016-05-27T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=8499"},"modified":"2016-05-27T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:42:39","slug":"vietnam-vets-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/vietnam-vets-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Reunion Forum | The Vietnam War: Our Veterans&#8217; Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/vietnam-vets-forum\/little_creek_va\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8502\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/04\/Little_Creek_VA-1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"Little_Creek_VA\" width=\"584\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/04\/Little_Creek_VA-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/04\/Little_Creek_VA-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please join the Library for an Alumni Reunion Forum on <strong>Saturday, May 28 from 3 &#8211; 4:30 p.m. in the Willis Reading Room at the John Hay Library<\/strong>. Professor Beth Taylor, Co-Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, will moderate a panel of alumni veterans and family\u00a0who will discuss their memories from the Vietnam War. This event is sponsored by the Brown University Library, Brown Alumni Association, and the Nonfiction Writing Program, Department of English.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vietnam War: Our Veterans&#039; Stories\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uuxzVTsRIF8?list=PL2PwShbFBf4C1bxfcCRsYTbJtgaA7igH-\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some of them attended\u00a0Brown with the help of ROTC and they all went to the war before the campus protests. Come hear the surprising stories of Brown\u2019s Vietnam Veterans and join in a discussion with alumni whose lives were changed forever by those difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam Veterans of America will present the University Archives with personal artifacts of John Brooks Sherman \u201962 (1<sup>st<\/sup>. Lt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1962-1966, d. 1966, Vietnam), recently unearthed in Vietnam. Learn about the newly curated Brown Vietnam Veterans Archive and website &#8212; featuring flight jackets, commissioning photos, military documents, and love letters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderator<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Beth Taylor, Co-Director, Nonfiction Writing Program<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Taylor &#8217;66 (1<sup>st<\/sup>. Lt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1971), Real Estate Developer<\/li>\n<li>Barry Kowalski &#8217;66 (1<sup>st<\/sup>. Lt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1970), Special Counsel\u00a0for\u00a0Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Zimmer Davis, widow of Jerry\u00a0Zimmer\u00a0&#8217;66 (Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1969,\u00a0MIA,\u00a08-29-69, Vietnam)<\/li>\n<li>Augustus A. White, III, \u201957, MD, PhD (Capt., Medical Corps, U.S. Army, 1966-1967), Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education, Harvard Medical School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A corresponding <strong>exhibit,<\/strong>\u00a0also entitled\u00a0<strong>The Vietnam War: Our Veterans&#8217; Stories<\/strong>, will be on display in the Willis Reading Room at the John Hay Library from <strong>May 28 &#8211; August 19, 2016<\/strong>.\u00a0The exhibit features photographs, letters, military clothing, and quotations from the Brown Vietnam Veterans Archive to depict how alumni transitioned from Brown to Vietnam and beyond. The Vietnam Veterans Archive preserves the stories of Brown University alumni who served in the military during the Vietnam War through oral histories and personal papers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Saturday, May 28, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: 3 &#8211; 4:30\u00a0p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Willis Reading Room, John Hay\u00a0Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join the Library for an Alumni Reunion Forum on Saturday, May 28 from 3 &#8211; 4:30 p.m. in the Willis Reading Room at the John Hay Library. Professor Beth Taylor, Co-Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, will moderate a panel of alumni veterans and family\u00a0who will discuss their memories from the Vietnam War. 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