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Decorated Veteran, Mentor to Black Students

Isaac Sims (’75) offered a compassionate ear and help to younger classmates facing challenges in the 1970s.
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Lessons From a Time of Upheaval

Six alumni reflect on life in the 1960s and early ’70s and how 2020 echoes those times.
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Tragedy and Redemption

The Vietnam War claimed two men who served together — one who died and one who lived with destructive anger and guilt. Memories have kept both alive.
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‘Ouch, My Toes!’

Barefoot kicker Eddie Ladd (’59) caused quite a stir.
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The Thing He Carried

Fifty-year-old Memories of People and Two Places — Wake Forest and Vietnam — Come Flooding Back
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An off-the-court reunion in Vietnam

In 1966, teammates Al Koehler ('63) and Butch Hassell ('64) crossed paths in South Vietnam.
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A reluctant Wake Forester finds home

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Remembering the 1970 march for peace

Students march to President's house to protest the Vietnam War.
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