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ANNOUNCEMENT: VIETNAM War Remembered


What and When:
Slaying Dragons: Seeing Vietnam Three Decades after the Fall of Saigon - Oct 20-24th

Cinema - Heaven and Earth: Oliver Stone's last of the Vietnam trilogy (Platoon, & Born on the Fourth of July ) tells the story of Le Ly Hayslip in Vietnam as a child, during the war as a teen, and her transformation as a mother dealing with America in her country an dthen as the wife of a US soldier in America; Oct. 20th, 7 PM Community Building, 35 W. Main.  Thin Air Radio Benefit, Donations accepted.

Photography - images of Vietnam now; reception Oct. 21st, 7 PM Community Building, 35 W. Main . . . Free and open to the public.

Literary reading - Veterans, Dan Webster and Michael Holmes; poets Tod Marshall & Connie Wasem; photographer, Paul Haeder: Oct. 21st, 7 PM Community Building, 35 W. Main . . . Free and open to the public.

Panel Discussion - Aftershock of Vietnam War on US; Ron Large, religous studies, GU; Rusty Nelson, veteran and PJALS; James Funk, Veteran and councelor with Veterans Outreach; Oct. 22, 7 PM Gonzaga's Foley Library, teleconference room . . . Free and open to the public.

Documentary - Daughter of Danang: tells the story of a woman returning to Vietnam after living in the US two decades.  Discussion after; Oct. 23, 7 PM Gonzaga's Foley Library, teleconference room . . . Free and open to the public.

Talk about Post Combat Stress and Vietnam - Linda Parkes, Veteran Outreach Director, discusses innues of relocation and refugee status for Southeast Asians immigrating to Western countries and maybe a video: Oct. 24, 3:30 PM Gonzaga's Foley Library, teleconference room . . . Free and open to the public.

Documentary - Vietnam Passages: tells the story of five Vietnamese from the perspective of UPI and LA Times reporter who covered Vietnam during the war, during the fall, and then in 2001.  Discussion after; Oct. 24, 7 PM Gonzaga's Foley Library, teleconference room . . . Free and open to the public.





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