The Telling Project: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam
Ken Sholes
Clip: Special | 4m 25s
Ken Sholes now speaks openly about his time serving in the Navy as a closeted gay man.
Ken Sholes enlisted in the Navy at the age of 20 to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. He ended up in Vietnam, however, for a little under a year serving as a cook. Ken speaks about his experience of being a closeted gay man in the military and the silence that surrounded the homecoming of Vietnam veterans. He was involved locally in the movement to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
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The Telling Project: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam is a local public television program presented by TPT
The Telling Project: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam
Ken Sholes
Clip: Special | 4m 25s
Ken Sholes enlisted in the Navy at the age of 20 to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. He ended up in Vietnam, however, for a little under a year serving as a cook. Ken speaks about his experience of being a closeted gay man in the military and the silence that surrounded the homecoming of Vietnam veterans. He was involved locally in the movement to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
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