Vietnam Brotherhood PREMIERE: May 29, 2023
We hear from many of the families featured and veterans, as well as average viewers, who were impacted by this story. “On Medal of Honor Day, March 25, 2023, the chairman of the Medal of Honor Memorial sent the link of the program out to their mailing list with the following comment: ‘In recognition of Medal of Honor Day, I am sending the link that connects our efforts as a committee to Doug Ohman, who has taken the honoring of Minnesota Medal of Honor recipients to an ever enduring level of recognition and remembrance.’” – John Kraemer “A recipient of that email added: ‘Think about it! One hundred years from now, these bios will still be available all because of your efforts.’” – Bonnie Kottschade, Honorary State DAR Regent and Project Leader. “I’ve been sharing the link with family and friends. A few are Vietnam vets. I’ve had some great compliments on the whole documentary. Everyone enjoyed it. You did a great job. Nice talk about the cemetery sign! I’m proud of the fact that as the cemetery president, I wrote the inscription and had a sign guy in Moose Lake make the sign. Almost everyone buried in the cemetery is of Finnish descent. Once again, thank you!” – Mike Wayrynen “I hope my words will express how much our family admires you and appreciates all that you have done for us. When you first came to New Ulm to interview me and my siblings, we recognized that you were special with your preparedness, and your ability to make us feel at ease and bring out the best stories about our Uncle Willibald Bianchi. From there, you and your team put together a most informative and interesting documentary about brave individuals. We sincerely thank you for all your hard work and dedication to a profession you love.” – Mary Borstad. “Just finished watching. Had to wipe my eyes a few times. When the Medal of Honor was in the Twin Cities Oct 4-8th 2016, my company was offered the opportunity to do volunteer work there. It was so enlightening, and I was humbled and honored to be there.” – Viewer
DESCRIPTION Located in the heart of Minneota, the Vietnam Memorial and History Center is dedicated to telling the stories of the Vietnam War. Its founders, Royal and Charlie Hettling – brothers and Vietnam War veterans themselves – do this by collecting and curating private photographs, newspaper articles, and personal accounts of the war that highlight people’s different, and often conflicting, experiences.
As stated in the opening impact statement, our veteran work is what audiences are responding to in growing numbers. We have been honored to capture stories of the brave individuals who defend our country.
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“Well done. Thanks for your work on this. We will use it in the classroom for our cadets.” – Neil Hetherington, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), Saint Thomas Academy
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Reach (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023)
2 posts | 6,325 video views | 18 engagements
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1 episode available | 1 hour of content available | 106 streams
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2 videos posted | 1 hour of content available | 36 local and 2 national video views
Pioneer.org
2 videos posted | 1.5 hours of content available | 1,265 hours of content watched
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Royal and Charles Hettling featured in Vietnam Brotherhood
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