A retired Navy commander will discuss his experiences caring for children during the Vietnam War in a free online Finger Lakes Community College talk on Veterans Day.
Charles Spear will present “A Bright Spot in a Brutal War” from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, according to an FLCC news release. He served as a hospital corpsman at Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969.
The presentation is part of the History, Culture and Diversity Series organized by Robert Brown, an FLCC history professor.
A link to join the Webex videoconference is available at flcc.edu/events. Viewers should enter the password CharlesSpear if prompted.
The talk will also air through Finger Lakes TV on Spectrum channel 1304 in the western Finger Lakes, Roku and its web stream, and on the FLCC YouTube channel.
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