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Host: Shawn Spruce
More than 42,000 Native Americans fought in Vietnam. Nearly all were volunteers. We’ll take time on Vietnam Veterans Day to honor all those who served during what was initially called “a policy action” – and hear the stories of heroism and healing from and about those who were there.
GUESTS
Michael Coon (Muskogee Creek ) – Vietnam War-era veteran
Tinisha Mitchell (Muskogee) – president of the Broken Arrow Intertribal Veterans Association
Walter Larney (Absentee Shawnee and Seminole) – lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps
Gerald Williams (Seminole) – Cold War veteran
Break 1 Music: Remembering the Warrior (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
Break 2 music: 10000 Generations (song) Khu.éex’ (artist)
