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The culmination of Herrmann’s
personal and professional advocacy is the SUNY Brockport Vietnam Program, the only U.S. year-round study abroad program in
Vietnam. Conceived, developed, and directed by Herrmann, this unique program combines an academic experience with community
service. Students spend 18 weeks in Danang taking courses and helping provide aid for the poorest of the poor in Vietnam.
Explains Herrmann, “My heart and my activities have always been in international aid and relief work. So a strong component
of the Vietnam Program is helping to meet the needs of the people in Vietnam.”
Sergeant Kenneth J. Herrmann,
Jr. is the author of Lepers and Lunacy: An American in Vietnam; I Hope my Daddy Dies, Mister; and, I’m Nobody’s
Child.
One reader of Lepers and
Lunacy: An American in Vietnam said, “Kenneth J. Herrman's semi-autobiographical first person account
of an American's experience in modern central Vietnam in both intriguing and educational. A war veteran's return to Vietnam,
to make peace with a himself, inadvertently leads to his making peace with the country he once helped destroy. In the process
of building personal relationships in Vietnam, Mr. Herrman ends up creating a university program at the college he teaches
social work at, in Western New York, that fosters an understanding between two countries that were once at odds. In the process
of telling this unique story, Mr. Herrman describes the cultural differences, social codes, and business ethics of Vietnam,
a country that is so commonly misunderstood. This book is perfect for anyone who is either considering studying in Vietnam,
or intends to do business there.”
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