On Sunday, December 9, at 9 pm there is a two-hour special on the History Channel entitled “1968 with Tom Brokaw.” Brokaw will be discussing the events of 1968 and showing a lot of footage from that time period. During the program he will be talking a little bit about Capt Gene Kimmel, KIA with VMO-2 in 1968.

"He and my dad were good friends in college in the early 60’s. In 1968, my dad was a Captain in the Marine Corps flying the Bronco OV-10 in his second tour of duty in Vietnam. On October 22, 1968 he was killed in action.

This summer, Brokaw’s staff contacted me about a book he was writing (Boom!) and this documentary he was doing on 1968. They asked if I had any photographs or other information that might help them. I sent them a bunch of photos, details of his life, and even some Super 8mm film footage I transferred to digital. I was told that several of the photos will be in the second edition of the book and that some of the video footage will be in the two-hour special. The book was recently published and has a couple pages about my dad. By the way, the book is dedicated to my dad (and two other guys)."

Greg Kimmel

If you miss the History Channel program on Sunday, it has several other air times during the week.