Heroes Hall Speaker Series

Speaker Series

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Heroes Hall Museum & Education Center presents a new speaker series titled, “Echoes of Conflict: Remembering Vietnam.” The series will run throughout 2025, in conjunction with its latest exhibit of the same name. 

Shooter: From Vietnam Combat to Presidential Portraits

June 13 | 2-3:30 p.m.

Few photographers have witnessed history as intimately as David Hume Kennerly. A Pulitzer Prize winner for his Vietnam War coverage, he went on to serve as President Gerald Ford’s personal White House photographer. With seven books, an Emmy nomination and a new book and major exhibition both debuting this fall, hear firsthand stories from someone who has spent 60 years at the center of it all.
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The Legacy of the Vietnam Vet: A Helicopter Door Gunner’s Journey

June 27 | 2-3:30 p.m.

Born in the Dutch East Indies, Frans VandenBroek immigrated to the U.S. in 1960 at age 12 and was drafted into the Army in 1966. He arrived in Vietnam in October 1967, serving with the 68th Assault Helicopter Company based at Bien Hoa, northeast of Saigon. Over his 15-month tour, he logged more than 1,000 combat flight hours, surviving the loss of three helicopters and two pilots to enemy fire and mechanical failure.
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