Members of an MTSU study-abroad course remembered a fallen alumnus recently on the site where he gave his life during an infamous battle in the Vietnam War. History professor Derek Frisby and a small group of students in his course, “Warfare and Public Memory in Vietnam,” visited Hill 937 in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley just days before American’s remembered fallen soldiers during Memorial Day observances. One of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Hamburger Hill was U.S. Army Spc. Jerry Michael Lovell, a 22-year-old from Shelbyville, Tennessee, who was killed May 18, 1969. Frisby and five students climbed the hill recently to pay tribute to Lovell, who attended MTSU in 1964.
Members of an MTSU study-abroad course remembered a fallen alumnus recently on the site where he gave his life during an infamous battle in the Vietnam War. History professor Derek Frisby and a small group of students in his course, “Warfare and Public Memory in Vietnam,” visited Hill 937 in…
For the second time in two years, MTSU study-abroad students are venturing to Vietnam for a closer look at a complex and fascinating country in Southeast Asia. Dr. Derek Frisby’s “Public Memory and the Vietnam War” class of two graduate students and six undergraduate students will leave Metropolitan Nashville International…
A pioneering study-abroad experience in Vietnam was the focus of a recent edition of “MTSU On the Record.” Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Derek Frisby, associate professor of history, and student Courtney Schaaf aired on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org). You can listen to the program here. Frisby and the students…
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