A Vietnam War veteran who lost an arm and a leg during combat in 1968 will be the guest speaker at the 10th annual Forest Lake Vietnam Veterans Day program on Sunday, April 2, at American Legion Post 225, 355. W. Broadway Ave.
Jon Hovde was just 20 when the armored personnel carrier he was a passenger in hit an antitank mine. He was nearly left for dead when an Army medic failed to find a pulse in his left arm that had been severed by the explosion, along with his left leg.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Hovde, a resident of Fertile in northwestern Minnesota, the town where he grew up, is today an accomplished motivation speaker and author. He is the co-author of “Left for Dead, a Second Life After Vietnam,” the story of his life in Vietnam, co-written with Maureen Anderson. He will be the keynote speaker during the 2 p.m. program in Forest
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