Documentary Featuring Local Veteran to Air
January 31
Ohio
University Public Television presents the
documentary, Wandering Souls: Tet '68
Remembered, premiering Monday January
31, at 9:00 p.m. It features Vietnam
Veteran and Athens resident Dave Garrod,
who, along with several men from the 25th
Infantry Division, revisited the Ton Son
Nhut battlefield in Vietnam as part of a
healing mission.
In
January of 1998, Garrod, along with OU
Telecommunications filmmaker Blis Hanousek
DeVault and videographer Helge Kirkhus,
documented his return for the 30th
Anniversary of the Tet Offensive. The
resulting program is the first U.S.
production in cooperation with Vietnam
Television.
Also
contributing to the documentary is
Marjorie Nelson, associate professor at
the College of Osteopathic Medicine, who
was captured and imprisoned for two months
while volunteering Vietnam in 1968. Athens
resident Lady Borton, who was in Vietnam
during the war, also assisted with the
project.
Wandering
Souls: Tet '68 Remembered is a
one-hour documentary chronicling the
experience of these Athens, Ohio,
residents and how the Tet Offensive
affected their lives. Tet '68
Remembered shares voices from
Southeast Ohio and Southeast Asia,
educating Americans about the American
involvement in Vietnam, through personal
closure and new collaborations for
veterans. The documentary will share the
story of Dave Garrod and his troop as they
find the lost part of themselves and start
the healing process that has evaded them
for the past 30 years.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this news release.
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