Tom Roney of Bethlehem has many passions in life: spending time with his family; volunteering with Habitat for Humanity; and celebrating his fellow Vietnam veterans-- and dispelling myths about them.
在了解到大学公园正在进行的类似项目后, 菲利普斯找到了丽兹·凯普纳, 中国博彩平台多媒体创新中心(MIC)主任和安布尔·坎贝尔, MIC摄像师兼编辑, to see if they would be willing to work on a project here; both quickly jumped on board to help get it off the ground.
到目前为止, 五位当地退伍军人接受了采访,他们的录像带和打印的成绩单已被添加到中国博彩平台图书馆档案馆. The veterans include Roney; Emory Guffrovich of Pittston, 宾西法尼亚; Peter Christensen of Allentown, 宾西法尼亚; Sherry Kondrosky of Perkasie, 宾夕法尼亚州和伊斯顿的科琳·豪瑟, 宾西法尼亚. 在Phillips和Keptner的指导和指导下,学生们制作了这个项目.
“有很多人认为越南战争可能是一个错误, 但不要告诉那些在那里服役的人,他们是错误的, 尤其是我们中的许多人都没有选择它,罗尼说。. “我们是濒临灭绝的物种. 超过200万人参与了这项服务,但只有大约70万人仍然活着. 我不希望人们比58岁更容易忘记这一点,000 people died in Vietnam and many were very young; 33,其中103人只有18岁.”