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Heroes Hall Speakers Series – Orange, California to Pleiku, Vietnam
End Date: September 6, 2025
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 3:30 PM
OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, CA
2025-09-06
2025-09-06
America/Los_Angeles
Heroes Hall Speakers Series – Orange, California to Pleiku, Vietnam
Join us for a special speaker series presentation by Heroes Hall docent and Vietnam veteran Paul Todd.
U.S. Army veteran Paul Todd was teaching middle school history in 1971 when he was drafted. After his advanced training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, he received orders for Vietnam. He was stationed at Tuy Hoa, then at Artillery Hill, a firebase located in Pleiku in the Central Highlands. Todd will share his personal story and the lessons he learned. He’ll also share his father’s story, a submariner in World War II who was captured by the Japanese and spent two years in a POW camp in Ofuna.
When: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2-3:30 p.m.
Where: OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum & Education Center
How much: Free admission and parking.
Event Description
Join us for a special speaker series presentation by Heroes Hall docent and Vietnam veteran Paul Todd.
U.S. Army veteran Paul Todd was teaching middle school history in 1971 when he was drafted. After his advanced training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, he received orders for Vietnam. He was stationed at Tuy Hoa, then at Artillery Hill, a firebase located in Pleiku in the Central Highlands. Todd will share his personal story and the lessons he learned. He’ll also share his father’s story, a submariner in World War II who was captured by the Japanese and spent two years in a POW camp in Ofuna.
When: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2-3:30 p.m.
Where: OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum & Education Center
How much: Free admission and parking.
