A former Vietnam War prisoner will speak at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on Tuesday.
Hal Kushner, a retired Army colonel, will speak about his capture and days of imprisonment in South Vietnam at noon Tuesday at Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock.
He was featured recently in the film The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Born in 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kushner was 6 months old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Field, where the Kushner family was stationed at the time. His father served in the Army Air Corps.
Kushner entered the Army as a medical student in 1965. Two years later he was captured by the Viet Cong west of Tam Ky, South Vietnam. He spent 1,933 days — more than five years — in captivity in various prison camps. He was released in 1973 during Operation Homecoming.
Free seats to the lecture may be reserved by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by calling (501) 683-5239.