May 3, 2019

‘Just as much a hero’: Academy grad shares Vietnam experience with cadets

Story and photo by Jennifer Spradlin, May 3, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- One hundred fifty-one graduates of the Air Force Academy died in Vietnam but not Hank Hoffman. He knows he’s one of the lucky ones. Hoffman graduated in 1963. He went to Vietnam immediately after flight school, where he flew in four combat tours in B-52 and A-37 aircraft. “I have been waiting more than 40 years for someone to truly ask me about the Vietnam War,” Hoffman said from the stage of Arnold Hall while briefing cadets. He showed them a cramped photograph of 17 cadets...

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