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Heroes Hall Speakers Series: Triage, Choppers and Empty Beds: A Medics Vietnam
End Date: January 21, 2026
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 3:30 PM
OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, CA
2026-01-21
2026-01-21
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Heroes Hall Speakers Series: Triage, Choppers and Empty Beds: A Medics Vietnam
Please join us for a special speaker series presentation by Tom “Tommy J” Joliet, a Vietnam veteran who served as an E-5 Army medic and operating room technician at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Long Binh from 1971 to 1972.
Drawing from firsthand experience, Joliet will reflect on life inside a combat hospital during the later years of the Vietnam War, including mass-casualty events, battlefield triage, helicopter medevacs and the growing presence of empty beds as responsibility shifted to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in 1972. He will also share observations formed during his return visit to Vietnam in 2014, offering perspective on the long-term human and economic consequences of the conflict.
When: Saturday, Jan. 31, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Heroes: OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum & Education Center
How much: Admission and parking are free.
Event Description
Please join us for a special speaker series presentation by Tom “Tommy J” Joliet, a Vietnam veteran who served as an E-5 Army medic and operating room technician at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Long Binh from 1971 to 1972.
Drawing from firsthand experience, Joliet will reflect on life inside a combat hospital during the later years of the Vietnam War, including mass-casualty events, battlefield triage, helicopter medevacs and the growing presence of empty beds as responsibility shifted to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in 1972. He will also share observations formed during his return visit to Vietnam in 2014, offering perspective on the long-term human and economic consequences of the conflict.
When: Saturday, Jan. 31, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Heroes: OC Fair & Event Center – Heroes Hall Museum & Education Center
How much: Admission and parking are free.
