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From YouTube: City and Northwestern partner to celebrate Veterans
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The City of Bloomington and Northwestern Health Sciences University honor Veterans by sharing their stories.
A documentary featuring local people will play at a Veterans appreciation event on November 9 at Northwestern.
For more info: https://www.bloomingtonmn.gov/hs/events/veterans-war-stories-2017-11-09
A
Little
over
a
year
ago,
northwestern
jumped
onto
a
initiative
with
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
some
other
community
partners
on
a
project
commemorating
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Vietnam
War.
My
role
in
this
project
was:
it
was
really
to
interview
veterans,
seven
and
then
the
wife
and
sister
of
two
Marines
and
have
them
talk
to
me
about
what
that
experience
was
all
about.
I
served.
B
In
the
in
the
United
States
Army
from
1969
to
1971
in
1970
I
served
in
Vietnam
for
a
year,
I
found
it
useful
to
talk
about
it.
I
was
wounded
over
there
in
my
first
unit,
not
severely,
but
bad
enough.
I
was
happy
to
get
out
happy
to
get
out
alive.
Nobody
really
want
to
talk
about
it,
and
people
looked
at
you
with
a
jaundice
I
I
mean
it
took
me
almost
a
year
to
get
a
job.
I
had
to
pay
for
my
job.
I
couldn't
even
get
somebody
to
hire
me.
B
All
my
relationships
had
gone
south
girlfriend
had
gone
south
and
it
was
hard
for
them
to
understand
how
I
could
volunteer
to
go
there,
but
the
reality
is
they
had
no
choice
either
I
did
that
get
drafted
or
I
would
be
put
in
jail
or
I
had
to
go
to
Canada
to
get
away.
So
you
didn't
have
Europe,
basically
faced
with
two
bad
choices.
The.
C
C
You
know,
so
it's
a
an
experience
that
he
never
really
got
past.
He
he
relived
it
all
the
time
all
the
time,
and
he
basically
told
me,
I
reminded
him
of
who
he
was
fighting
when
he
was
in
Vietnam.
He
didn't
see
me
as
his
wife.
He
just
he
saw
me
as
an
enemy,
mainly
because
of
what
he
experienced
every
time.
He
would
go
to
the
VA.
Basically
what
they
did
you've
one
drug
didn't
work.
They
just
gave
him
another
one
and
that
just
made
the
whole
situation
worse.
C
A
Both
professionally
and
personally,
interested
having
graduated
from
high
school
in
1968
and
and
then
college
in
1972,
and
so
it
was
during
the
Vietnam
era
and
and
then,
when
I
became
involved
in
this
partnership
and
conducting
the
interviews.
My
interest
in
this
this
period
of
American
history
and
the
stories
of
these
people
really
deepened
and
gave
me
a
fresh
appreciation
for
what
they
went
through,
and
these
are
all
local
folks,
I.
Think
folks
that
watch
the
video
and
come
to
our
event
on
November,
9th
I.
Think
they're
going
to
you
know
appreciate
you
know.
A
Hearing
from
you
know,
people
right
in
the
Bloomington
community
that
that
fought
in
that
war
served
in
that
war
and
and
their
experiences
and
how
it
affected
the
lives
of
families,
particularly
those
soldiers
that
came
back,
both
physically
wounded
and
mentally
and
emotionally
harmed.
Clearly,
all
veterans
should
be
recognized.
We
should
not
forget,
and
we
should
be.
You
know
always
thankful
for
their
service.
A
The
the
added
feature
of
this
event
at
Northwestern,
Health,
Sciences
University,
that
we're
doing
in
conjunction
with
the
city
of
Bloomington,
is
then
to
add
a
conversation
after
the
dinner
function
between
Vietnam
era
veterans,
the
younger
generation
of
men
and
women,
who
have
served
most
recently
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan.
Well,
the
conversation
moderated
by
Katie
carpenter
from
Twin
Cities
public
TV,
having
a
discussion
between
those
two
groups
of
veterans.
What
was
different
about
the
experiences?
A
C
Family,
it
would
be
the
first
time
they'd
ever
hear
this
story,
and
it
was
time
it
was
time
I've
held
it
in
for
a
long
long
time.
You
know,
and
it
was
just
time
to
let
go
to
release
and
let
go
because
I
know
I'm,
not
the
only
one
at
one
time.
During
that
time,
I
actually
thought
I
was
the
only
one
and
so
I
never
opened
my
mouth
and
then,
during
that
time,
I
lived
through
the
experience
where
domestic
violence
was
not
an
issue.
C
I
mean
that's
the
way
the
police
looked
at
it,
so
I
had
no
help,
so
I
had
to
endure
I'm
just
happy
that
the
time
has
come
and
that
I
have
lived
to
see
this
time
come
to
honor
our
vets,
especially
our
Vietnam
veterans.
It's
been
long
overdue.
This
should
have
happened
from
the
very
beginning
and
even
though
it
didn't
now
that
it
is,
you
know,
I
applaud
the
universe
for
making
all
of
this
possible
because
they
deserved
it.
It's.