SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — You’ll want to watch KELOLAND+ this week as we have many specials surrounding the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. On Tuesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. CT we will air the 1988 episode of Thirty that follows KELOLAND’s Steve Hemmingson and Dexter Gronseth to Vietnam with then Sen. Larry Pressler. The show includes a 2025 update from Hemmingson, Gronseth, and Pressler.
Following that show, tune in to the first two programs from the series Vietnam 50 Years Later.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Remembering History @ 8 p.m. CT
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Recording History @ 9 p.m. CT
On Wednesday, April 30:
Vietnam 50 Years Later: The Cost of Duty @ 8 p.m. CT
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Behind the Scenes of Vietnam: A Lost Generation @ 9 p.m. CT
On Thursday, May 1:
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Healing on the Front Lines @ 8 p.m. CT
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Vietnam: Then and Now @ 9 p.m. CT
On Friday, May 2:
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Shaping the Story @ 8 p.m. CT
Vietnam 50 Years Later: A Wall and A Way Forward @ 9 p.m. CT
On Saturday May 3:
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Children of the Vietnam War @ 8 p.m. CT
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Fifty Years Later: What We Think Now @ 9 p.m. CT
If you missed any of these programs, we are running them again on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. CT. They will run back-to-back until 5 p.m. CT for KELOLAND News and continue again starting at 6 p.m. CT and conclude at 10 p.m. To see all the programs airing on KELOLAND+, see our full schedule here, https://www.keloland.com/keloland-plus-schedule/.
KELOLAND News also featured multiple stories on Vietnam veterans. Find those stories on our website in a special Vietnam page.
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