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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
Location. 900 West Marion Ave, Punta Gorda, Florida, USA. Coordinates. 26°56′08″N 82°03′10″W / . 26.93569°N 82.05281°W. / 26.93569; -82.05281. Website. Military Heritage Museum. The Military Heritage Museum is a military museum in Punta Gorda, Florida .
Australia. Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra. Beaudesert War Memorial. Cairns War Memorial. Esk War Memorial. Gair Park. Gympie Memorial Park. Sandgate War Memorial Park. Strathpine Honour Board.
The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists. It is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and ...
Joe Dzurinda, a 1969-1970 veteran of the Vietnam War and member of the Grafton VFW post, said, "It brings back a lot of memories" from visiting the wall in Washington D.C. and looking up the names ...
During the Vietnam War and in the following twelve months, 235 Medals of Honor were awarded and since 1978 a further 33 awards have been presented. Of the total of 268 awards, 179 were to the US Army, 15 to the US Navy, 58 to the USMC and 14 to the USAF. [3] These totals do not include the award to the Vietnam Unknown Soldier.
The Moving Wall at Grenada, Mississippi; May 1999. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was devised by John Devitt after he attended the 1982 annual commemoration ceremonies celebrated in Washington for Vietnam veterans. He felt that he needed to share his experience with those who did ...
March 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall exhibit held its opening ceremony Wednesday morning at the Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home in Amarillo with special guests to ...