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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 ...
The single dark panel from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — the only one permanently installed outside of Washington, D.C. — now waits near the entrance of the exhibit spaces inside the LBJ ...
Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War. Author: Mickey Sanborn: Source: Film: Short title: DF-SC-84-11899: Date and time of data generation: 13 November 1982: City shown ...
In 1986, the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 199 in Canton, Ohio, was named the Sharon Lane Memorial Chapter. In 1995, the volunteer center at Fort Hood, Texas, was named the Sharon Lane Volunteer Center. [2] In 2001, the medical library in Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, Colorado, was named the Sharon A. Lane Medical Library. [2]
Black panels forming a traveling memorial wall, similar to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial but smaller in scale, have been installed in the Tesuque Casino parking lot north of Santa Fe.
Standing eight feet tall at its highest point and 360 feet long, the wall is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that travels the country, honoring those who gave the ...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA), an online memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona [4] Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Baltimore; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Ohio River; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Richmond; Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, Angel Fire, New Mexico
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 not have the opportunity to go to Washington.