National Vietnam War Veterans Day and Tip of the Spear exhibit opening

In observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will host a ceremony to honor those who served in the US armed services during the Vietnam War on Monday, March 29, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The event will include the opening of Tip of the Spear, a new outdoor exhibit featuring a Huey helicopter. The ceremony will take place on the campus of the OHC, located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. For more information, please call 405-522-0765.

Speakers at the event will include Governor Kevin Stitt, Major General Michael Thompson, retired Major General Rita Aragon, retired Brigadier General Pete Costilow, retired Captain Bob Ford, and Michael Do, representing the Vietnamese American community.

Tip of the Spear is centered on a Bell UH-1 helicopter—better known as a Huey helicopter—one of the most recognizable icons of the Vietnam War. This Huey was featured in the recent OHC exhibit Welcome Home: Oklahomans and the War in Vietnam, and has now been moved outside for permanent display. Retired US Army Captain Bob Ford, donor of the Huey and a former Huey pilot, will dedicate the new exhibit.