1968: A Year of War and Uncertainty: Reflecting on a Pivotal Year in History with the Hlavaceks` Reports Filed from Vietnam, Hlavacek John

In 1968, journalist couple John Hlavacek and Pegge Parker Hlavacek traveled the world to bring us the real stories from a year of social, political and cultural upheaval unlike any other year in the 20th Century. That year, we saw the first live televised pictures from outer space, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy assassinated, and live anti-war protests in the States, while the Hlavaceks were covering the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War, environmental science in Antarctica, and huge shifts in the cultures, powers and social norms across the World.

Live television had made its debut across the globe, and the world watched and reacted with amazement, awe and sometimes horror. From all corners of the world, the Hlavaceks worked tirelessly to file a story each day with small Omaha station KMTV, and weekly print columns. But the highlights were with Johns inventive, courageous, and tenacious aim to connect our soldiers in Vietnam with their families back in the states.