Vietnam Memorial Wall (DC) Defaced Sept 7-8, 2007: PART 2

Sept. 12,2007 | tgslTakoma

[trooprally]

tgslTakoma was up late putting Vietnam Memorial Wall (DC) Defaced Sept 7-8, 2007: PART 2 on youtube and asked that this be posted.

Part 3 will show the vandalism to the Nurses Statue and the Brothers Statue.

tgslTakoma also noticed on East Wall Panel 15E that it had multiple deep, long, vertical scratches/gouges. That will also be in Part 3

[stand watie]

fwiw, the ONLY newspaper in the DC area to cover this DESCREATION of the VVM was THE TIMES.

haven't seen a WORD about it in the Washington COMpost.

free dixie,sw

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Between the Lines]

the MSM must be all over this... right?

It might be better that there is little media coverage of this. For one it denies the perps any gratification of seeing their "work" all over the news. Secondly it prevents copycats that would seek similar glorification through the news.

[stand watie]

do we KNOW whether The Wall was damaged or not by the oil/acid/whatever the goop was???

fyi, i've heard "conflicting reports" on this.

free dixie,sw

[MS.BEHAVIN]

They got to the statues, too?
Filthy stinking cowards!
I’m so mad I could spit nails!
Please keep me on your PING list..
Having been to the GOE last March, I feel a kinship with you folks..
Thanks Mr T..
Ms.B

[Calpernia]

Will the damage to the Nurses Statue, Brothers Statue and the East Wall Panel 15E be added to this thread? Or a new thread? I just want to make sure I don’t miss that info.

Thanks!

[Between the Lines]

Washing this off with a pressure washer is a futile task. Oil seeps into tiny pores and crevasses in the stone and even though it appears clean after pressure washing the oil in these pores will in time wick back up to the surface and it will look the same as before.

They should apply some type of oil cleaning bio product. These products contain enzymes that consume the oil even into the pores. Bio-enzymes are eco friendly and present no risk of damage to the stone.

[Calpernia]

SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS) has informed the MOPH that this was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and
NOT a defacement. I think these tapes and photos by tgslTakoma are inconsistent with the NPS’s information.

[armymarinemom]

Thanks for the update. We have had a couple of links put up to part I in the blog-o-sphere.

[Calpernia]

SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS) has informed the MOPH that this was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and
NOT a defacement. I think these tapes and photos by tgslTakoma are inconsistent with the NPS’s information.

[Calpernia]

Sorry about that double ping.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the insights!

[null and void]

SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS) has informed the MOPH that this was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and NOT a defacement. I think these tapes and photos by tgslTakoma are inconsistent with the NPS’s information.

They wouldn't LIE to us would they???

[tsmith130]

SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS) has informed the MOPH that this was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and NOT a defacement. I think these tapes and photos by tgslTakoma are inconsistent with the NPS’s information.

So a Park Ranger was cleaning, had a cleaning accident and neglected to clean it up?

[Calpernia]

Excerpt from email sent yesterday:

“...SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS), to check on the facts about the defacement of the Vietnam Wall last weekend. He explained it was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and NOT a defacement as was originally reported by the Vietnam Veterans of American (VVA). *The NPS is regarding this as an accident instead of an act of vandalism or terrorism.
*
Our National Commander Patriot Henry Cook III has the
direct phone numbers for SGT Booker of the NPS, and can
verify these facts with him directly. A copy of this
correction is also being sent the VVA for their follow up
and verification. (snip)”

From Washington Times:

NPS put out a statement also yesterday:
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070911/METRO/109110043/1004
claiming they still didn’t know and were still investigating.

Also, NPS is misrepresenting the amount of damage. From that link, they state, “50 to 60 feet mostly on the paving stones”.

That is inconsistent and the pictures and video are inconsistent.

I don’t know.

[Calpernia]

>>>So a Park Ranger was cleaning, had a cleaning accident and neglected to clean it up?

And if that was true, why would they tell the Washington Times they didn’t know?

[mewzilla]

Heck, the Park Service isn't even willing to say it was intentional. From this link....

Mystery Substance Found at Vietnam Veterans Memorial

...Park Service spokesman Bill Line says cleaning crews worked over the weekend to remove the substance, but it's still unclear what it was. He says it's premature to speculate on whether it was intentional.

I won't print what I'm thinking....

[stand watie]

me too.

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

it is the NATURE of a federal bureaucrat to DECEIVE, "shift the blame", claim ignorance of the facts & to LIE (when all else fails), just as it it the NATURE of a serpent to SLITHER!

absent INDEPENDENT PROOF, i trust NONE of them anymore.

free dixie,sw

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good afternoon, SW..
This whole thing just makes me ill..
Ms.B