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SUMMARY:Celebrate Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Veterans Day with the Allen Community Jazz Band and P
 urple Heart Viet Nam veteran John Bagwell at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday\, Nov. 11\,
  at Allen Christian Church at Allen Heritage Village.  The program begins
  with the National Anthem followed by American Patrol made famous by Glenn
  Miller\, then Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA . These tunes will featur
 e John Roberts on alto sax and clarinet. Other soloists include Alex Dumas
  and Stephine Waterman on trumpet\, Bob Burnham on trombone\, and Jim Wils
 on on tenor sax and clarinet. \nAs part of the program\, the Band will pre
 sent their arrangement of Armed Services Medley \, highlighting the songs
  of each branch of the service.  Veterans of each branch will be asked sta
 nd as their song is played. In celebration of the 250 th year of the U.S.
  Navy and the Marine Corps\, the band will perform the Navy and Marine Hym
 ns. \nWhen John Bagwell was sent to Vietnam during the war\, he was assure
 d this would be a safe assignment. As a disc jockey\, his job was to keep
  soldiers’ morale high\, not to fight. Bagwell’s tour of duty took a decis
 ive turn as a wave of violent attacks targeted cities in South Vietnam\, a
 n operation also known as the Tet Offensive.  The American Forces radio st
 ation where he worked in Hue was a target. Of the disc jockeys and product
 ion personnel there\, several were captured\, and others were killed. Bagw
 ell was the only one to escape. \nThis veteran revisited those harrowing d
 ays for the Apple TV+ docuseries  Vietnam: The War That Changed America. \
 nSponsored by the Allen Public Library\, Allen Community Jazz Band\, VFW 2
 195\, and the Bernardo de Gálvez chapter of the DAR\, this event is free.
   Call 214-509-4911 for further information.\nAllen Heritage Village\n352
  St. Mary Dr.\nAllen\, TX 75002 United States\n
LOCATION:352 St. Mary Dr.\, Allen\, TX 75002
URL:http://allen.bubblelife.com/community/add_allen_public_library_/library
 /3519089671/key/3511759492/Celebrate_Veterans_Day
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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