Welcome Home Duery;
I Salute You for such a fine job you have done preserving artifacts left at the Wall by Veterans, families and friends of all Nam Vets.
It’s obvious to me that you have all artifacts placed in your tender loving care well taken care of..
I do not believe any civilian could do the fine job you are now doing.
You understand what we suffered, fought for and how important it is to have so many odd items left there that have helped a Veteran or family some closure.
The Wall is not a Political Memorial, it’s a Memorial for a select group of Americans who were brave enough to step out and serve their Country, when it was very easy to have stayed out of the war.
We were Patriots during a period that America was lost thinking of only themselves. ?I doubt there is a Vietnam Veteran that is not proud of their Service.
We knew and know now it was a job We had to do!!! Every though we did not have the support of our Country
It takes the love of one Brother looking after his many Brothers & Sisters who served to understand just how important these items left are and will be as time goes on.
I do hope that all efforts by Jan Scruggs are blocked to place a useless 20 Million dollar Visitors Center at the Wall.
We have to many sick and dying Vietnam Vets and their families out here in American who are living lives of total poverty or in many cases Veterans that are living a life worse than many of those that are in living Third World Countries.
We must remember them and the VA for what it has done with it’s broken promises and for what theyboth have done to us.
We must maintain the Honor of those lost then and the Millions killed since the War by AO & PTSD
Agent Orange and PTSD are taking us out at a estimated 300 a day or more. We need to look after them just as you are looking after the things we all know are “Very Special” even though others may think they have little significance.
I have left my Memory piece there with my best friend I served with in The Nam with me in 1992.
I am very comforted knowing our Memories are in your hands.
God Bless You Brother!!
Gary Chenett
Vietnam 1967/68 The Big Red One 1st/4th Calvary III Corps

By Gary Chenett on Aug 16, 2009 at 12:50 pm

I recently returned from a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. I wanted to see the WWI memorial as well. Many from my home town of Quincy, Illinois had served in WWI. I had a hard time finding it. I finally found it. I was the only one there.
For the rest of my time in D.C., I kept wondering if curious future generations will visit the Vietnam artifacts collection.

By James Burns on Aug 31, 2009 at 11:56 am

i would like to say a few words if i may …. this lovly and divine Wall is what i would love for my grandchildren to see as i have these past few years. It is quite important to me and my husband of 30 years to keep on seeing this great and honorable memorial. So i wish you and everyone to go and see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

By Mary Thomas on Nov 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm