
Military History in 6-12 Classrooms
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Vietnam Lesson Plan on Corporal Bruce Kane
by John Heeg
I looked at the virtual Vietnam wall to find out how many members on the Vietnam Wall were from the school district that I teach in. I found 7. I then began doing some research to find out more about these men that were killed in action. Bruce Kane’s story intrigued me because he was listed as missing in action. I did numerous google searches that eventually led me to the POW/MIA database where I was able to find letters to his mother and the report that was done by investigators. I kind of got carried away with this one so I continued doing more research that led me to interviewing a helicopter pilot that saw Kane’s helicopter get shot down. Other people I spoke with knew about Kane from the community. It led me to write a paper: Tragedy in Laos What Happened to Corporal Bruce Kane.
This author thought he left the Marines behind. Sixteen years later, they were central to his teaching identity in ways he never expected.