The bond between a veteran and his daughter By Br yan Cizek
College of the Ozarks Director of Patriotic Activities
For the past eight years, College of the Ozarks has taken a deliberate approach to honor those who have served the greatest and most blessed country on earth. The College’s Patriotic Education Travel Program is designed to provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience for students and veterans from World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The program pairs students with veterans, taking them back to the battlefields where they fought. Vietnam Navy Veteran Charlie Engram has been an active member in the Branson community for many years. From ministry and commerce to local sports, Charlie has had his hands in it. He is one of those unique, fun-loving individuals who truly has a passion for living life to the fullest, and more importantly, he has a passion for investing in others. He loves people and making them laugh.
His daughter, Janna Goodwin, a nontraditional College of the Ozarks student, shares that same passion for people. She loves investing in the lives of others, and like her dad, she has never met a stranger. Janna, as her dad would say, exemplifies everything he is lacking. She is thoughtful, humble, analytical and has a whole-hearted approach to every challenge she undertakes. There is a bond, an unbreakable bond, between a father and a daughter. Together Charlie and Janna make quite the pair, and together they were afforded the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with 11 other College of Ozarks students and 11 other Vietnam veterans. “One of the great things about the college’s patriotic trips is the blending of different generations into a ‘new’ family,” said College of the Ozarks History Professor David Dalton.
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Charlie Engram served in Vietnam.