Columbus Neighborhoods
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 6mVideo has Closed Captions
Lockbourne Air Force Base was a bustling military operation during the Vietnam War.
Now known as Rickenbacker International Airport, Lockbourne Air Force Base, just south of Columbus, was a bustling military operation during the Vietnam War. Author Robert Stroup II tells about the cargo plane and heavily armed gunship crews that trained at the base, and Ron Albers discusses piloting the massive KC-135 refueling tankers when Lockbourne units were sent into the Vietnam theater.
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Columbus Neighborhoods
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 6mVideo has Closed Captions
Now known as Rickenbacker International Airport, Lockbourne Air Force Base, just south of Columbus, was a bustling military operation during the Vietnam War. Author Robert Stroup II tells about the cargo plane and heavily armed gunship crews that trained at the base, and Ron Albers discusses piloting the massive KC-135 refueling tankers when Lockbourne units were sent into the Vietnam theater.
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Clip: S4 Ep2 | 6m 13s | Vietnam veteran Russ Clark shares his story. (6m 13s)
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Clip: S4 Ep2 | 5m 49s | Two Columbus veterans discuss their experiences in Vietnam. (5m 49s)
A Foster Family for Vietnamese Refugees
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Clip: S4 Ep2 | 4m 36s | John and Mary Fetters opened their home to Vietnamese child refugees. (4m 36s)
Preview: S4 Ep2 | 18s | Next time, we continue to explore Columbus' connections to the Vietnam War. (18s)
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