STRATFORD — A local author will discuss his unusual combat experiences involving top secret missions during the Vietnam War at the Connecticut Air & Space Center this week.

Roger Lockshier will appear at the museum at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31st. Admission to the event is $10 for adults, $7 for veterans, $5 for children ages six and up, and free for children under six.

Lockshier enlisted in the Army in 1966 and served as a crew chief and door gunner with the 101st Airborne’s Black Angels, flying on Huey helicopters. His service included involvement in the top secret Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group (MACVSOG), which conducted missions including reconnaissance, direct action, sabotage, personnel recovery, psychological operations, counter-intelligence, and bomb damage assessments.

In September 1968, Lockshier was shot down over Laos. He was rescued and returned to the United States two months later.

Lockshier is the author of three books on his experiences: We Saved SOG Souls, SOG Operation Blackjack and the Mobile Guerilla Force, and Saving Infantry and SOG Souls: A Crew Chief’s View.

Author Talk: Roger Lockshier

Saturday, January 31
12:00 pm
Connecticut Air & Space Center
225B Main Street
Stratford

Expanded coverage of Fairfield County cultural events is made possible with support from the Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts.