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Ringed By Fire: The Siege of Khe Sahn
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Colonel (ret.) Richard Camp brought the realities of the Vietnam War to the lecture halls at both the Museum and the Library. In 1968, Company Commander Dick Camp helped hold the line in one of the Marine Corp's seminal battles at The Siege of Khe Sahn. This event was held to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
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Ringed By Fire: The Siege of Khe Sahn
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Colonel (ret.) Richard Camp brought the realities of the Vietnam War to the lecture halls at both the Museum and the Library. In 1968, Company Commander Dick Camp helped hold the line in one of the Marine Corp's seminal battles at The Siege of Khe Sahn. This event was held to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
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Ringed By Fire: The Siege of Khe Sahn
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Colonel (ret.) Richard Camp brought the realities of the Vietnam War to the lecture halls at both the Museum and the Library. In 1968, Company Commander Dick Camp helped hold the line in one of the Marine Corp's seminal battles at The Siege of Khe Sahn. This event was held to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
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Raven Rock
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Speaking about his book, Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die, Garrett Graff described an eye-opening true story of the governments secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil -- a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.
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Raven Rock
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Speaking about his book, Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die, Garrett Graff described an eye-opening true story of the governments secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil -- a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.
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Raven Rock
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Speaking about his book, Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die, Garrett Graff described an eye-opening true story of the governments secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil -- a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.
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Ambition, Pragmatism and Party
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Dr. Scott Kaufman, chair of the Department of History at Francis Marion University, spoke at both the Museum and the Library about his newest book, Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford. Kaufman described Ford as a product of his pragmatic Midwestern roots, a man ambitious to succeed in politics, and loyal to his party but not a political ideologue. Kaufman is the author of numerous books on diplomatic, presidential, and military history.
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Ambition, Pragmatism and Party
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Dr. Scott Kaufman, chair of the Department of History at Francis Marion University, spoke at both the Museum and the Library about his newest book, Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford. Kaufman described Ford as a product of his pragmatic Midwestern roots, a man ambitious to succeed in politics, and loyal to his party but not a political ideologue. Kaufman is the author of numerous books on diplomatic, presidential, and military history.
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Ambition, Pragmatism and Party
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR-- Dr. Scott Kaufman, chair of the Department of History at Francis Marion University, spoke at both the Museum and the Library about his newest book, Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford. Kaufman described Ford as a product of his pragmatic Midwestern roots, a man ambitious to succeed in politics, and loyal to his party but not a political ideologue. Kaufman is the author of numerous books on diplomatic, presidential, and military history.
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Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR--Lisa McCubbin spoke about her newly-released, first full-length biography of Betty Ford, Betty Ford: First Lady, Womens Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer. Lisa shared her insights into a woman whose life she researched for over two years, drawing on materials and staff expertise at both the Ford Library and the Museum, and augmenting that with observations and insights from more than 75 interviews with people who knew her at various stages of her life.