Rick Lovekin, a member of New Castle County, Delaware, Chapter 83, took part in a program called “The Vietnam Experience” November 14 at Wilmington University in New Castle.
The event, a salute to Vietnam veterans, featured a presentation by journalist and author Nancy Lynch, who discussed her book, Vietnam Mailbag. The book is based on a column Lynch wrote in the Wilmington News Journal during the war that included letters from Delaware service personnel in Vietnam.
Lovekin, a former helicopter door gunner and crew chief, was one of Lynch’s letter writers.