Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, the navigator on the Enola Gay, which performed the first atomic bombing mission to Hiroshima, Japan, will be honored at a reception on Monday at UCA.
Van Kirk is coming to UCA in advance of the Sept. 23 premiere of two World War II documentaries on the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN): “The War,” a seven-part film by Ken Burns; and “Their Journey: A Veterans’ Tribute Tour,” a 90-minute AETN production about 47 World War II veterans from Arkansas who traveled to Washington, D.C. to visit the National World War II Memorial in a four-day “Tribute Tour” in June.
“Their Journey” will air at 5 p.m. on Sept. 23, to be followed by “The War” at 7 p.m. For a complete list of related programming and events, visit www.aetn.org/thewar.