Return to Vietnam
Return to Vietnam
Playlist by Return to VietnamOld Glory Honor Flight has created a once in a lifetime trip back to Vietnam for Northeast Wisconsin veterans. This marks their first flight out of the United States. "Our Vietnam vets were treated …Follow the podcast:
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The Legacy Of 'Return To Nam' (EPISODE # 15)
The Old Glory Honor Flight's 2 week trip to Vietnam is over. The 52 Vietnam war veterans are back with their families and friends across NE Wisconsin. But the story of their historic return, 50 years after serving in that war-devastated land, will not be forgotten. One of the people who'…
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Veterans Leave Strangers, Return Brothers (EPISODE #14)
Different experiences and different emotions for 52 Vietnam war veterans from northeast Wisconsin. All of them brought together for a special Old Glory Honor Flight that brought them back to a land that has changed a great deal from the place where they fought for their country, and their liv…
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Veterans Get A Warm Welcome Home (EPISODE #13)
After two weeks on a trip they'll never forget, 52 NE Wisconsin Vietnam war veterans returned home from Vietnam Saturday night. And unlike the first time they came home from southeast Asia....this was a reception full of love and gratitude among generations of family, friends and the rest of …
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Veteran Stands Where Bullets Whizzed By (EPISODE #12)
As their historic return to Southeast Asia comes to an end for 52 NE Wisconsin Vietnam war veterans, many of them are reflecting on their chance to stand in the same spot where they dodged enemy fire, suffered their own emotional and physical wounds, and lost friends they served with. Randy B…
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Group Physician With A Special Mission (EPISODE #11)
The group making the Old Glory Honor Flight trip to Vietnam the past couple of weeks is made up primarily of NE Wisconsin Vietnam War veterans. But they're not the only ones that make up the party. A Kaukauna doctor, serving as the group physician, has a special job that he's carrying out. …
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Veteran Feels At Home In Vietnam (EPISODE #10)
52 NE Wisconsin Vietnam war veterans are in their last week of a special Old Glory Honor Flight tour. There are many reasons why these men wanted to come back to a place where life or death was a minute to minute reality. But for one veteran this return visit is something he's been plann…
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Vietnam Vet Welcomed in a Way He Didn't Expect (EPISODE #9)
Almost a week into their return to Vietnam a group of NE Wisconsin veterans, part of an Old Glory Honor Flight trip, are handling their emotions in different ways. For Ron Lingle, it's a chance to realize some things about himself and rejoice in a welcome back he didn't really see coming. …
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Veteran Relives His Days On The Delta (EPISODE #8)
52 NE Wisconsin Vietnam War veterans are getting the chance to do just what they signed up for. The Old Glory Honor Flight offered them the opportunity to go back to Vietnam and see some of the places where they fought half a century ago. For one of them....that meant taking a boat ride.…
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Vietnam Mission Goes Off Script (EPISODE #7)
The next couple of weeks will be a whirlwind of visiting museums and battle sites. But there's another special mission goal for this trip that's not part of the Old Glory Honor Flight's printed itinerary. The goal is to give these veterans a chance to see all they can during their time in Viet…
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Veterans Depart On Historic Journey (EPISODE #6)
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) - In the middle of a snow and ice storm, 52 Vietnam war veterans from NE Wisconsin left Menasha high school Sunday on a journey that will lead them back to a land they couldn't wait to leave 50 years ago. The Old Glory Honor Flight mission will send these men to places wher…
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