Honoring Vietnam veterans: Help us put a face on sacrifice

Fox News ^ | July 14, 2014 | Mark Green

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The genius of Maya Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- “The Wall” -- is the visitor’s overwhelming sense of loss. The names of the dead, on 140 black granite panels, appear infinite in number.

It has been 32 years since The Wall was dedicated. It has become a place of healing, where Americans could separate the sacrifice of the warriors from what had become America’s most unpopular war.

Back then, a young veteran, Jan Scruggs, took $2,000 of his own money and began raising the $8.4 million in private contributions to build what has become one of Washington’s most visited monuments, attracting 4.4 million Americans in 2011 alone, according to the Washington Examiner.

Perhaps you grew up with somebody who died in
Vietnam, or knew one of these individuals in school.
If so, you can truly honor their sacrifice by taking a
moment to look through your old photos and yearbooks.

[GailA]

Vietnam War: Battle of Ia Drang

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/vietnamwar/p/Vietnam-War-Battle-Of-Ia-Drang.htm

If I remember correctly Lieutenant Colonel Harold G. Moore unit took the first casualties of a non existent war. Was nearly wiped out as a unit, as the US Military were not prepared to fight a ground war, that had already seen 20 yrs of ground war during the ENDO China war with the French. The enemy was a well entrenched, guerrilla, warfare wise enemy our unprepared Military ran head first into.

They have their own section on the Wall I believe, casualty rate was extremely high. Lack of experienced leaders, troops, not the right gear, you name it, any thing that could go wrong, went wrong. http://everything2.com/title/We+Were+Soldiers

Closest to it hubby got was the USS Midway when they were pulling out the Amb. But I had several cousins who fought, 1 wounded and still limps to this day.

[GailA]

Fifty Thousand Names Carved In The Wall ~ George Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpBiVpSggNs

Nineteen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qal8lrzFs0

[Salvation]

I also had a friend who died from complications from the Agent Orange exposure.

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