Thirteen dignitaries lined up with gold-tipped shovels in the southwest corner of Willson Park, digging in unison. They turned over a shovel of dirt five times, once for each branch of United ...
Two heavy metal plates engraved with the names of 69 local World War II veterans were stolen from Bethesda Lutheran Church in ...
"And the world just wasn't ready for us," said Gensemer, President of Chapter 131 of Vietnam Veterans of America. "17 years later, they dedicated this memorial, and that's when the healing started." ...
For decades after his military service, Bruce Whipple would take his mobile museum filled with Vietnam-era items to military shows, schools and air shows. The 75-year-old, who served in the Vietnam ...
Photo courtesy Janna Hoehn After more than two decades and a herculean effort by a Maui woman, photos of all service members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have been found.
One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall," as it's commonly referred to – is a long black granite wall with the names of more than 58,000 Americans ...