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Moon Landing News Arrives In Vietnam | Pop-Up Stories

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl
Published July 26, 2019 at 1:01 PM EDT
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WKAR Pop-Up Storyteller Tom Sampson

Last week, WKAR hosted a Moonfest Pop-Up Stories event at MSU’s Abrams Planetarium, where people gathered to discuss Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon.

One of our storytellers was Tom Sampson, who was serving in Vietnam on July 20th, 1969.
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Scott Pohl
Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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