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.
“I like military history because it's my goal of study.”
—Alexandre De Almeida, high school student, Escola Estadual Bangú (Brazil)