Names of soldiers killed in action cram every inch of available space on each panel of the Viet Nam wall (above and below) and depict just one cost of that war -- human lives.
A friend (above and below) flips through an alphabetical listing of the names to see which panel contains the name of his former childhood friend (the names of those killed in action are listed according to the approximate order of their death). I remember two classmates, cousins, who lost their brother and cousin in Nam. In grade school at the time, I didn't understand their grief, nor did they. I'm not sure we ever will.
Names of soldiers killed in action cram every inch of available space on each panel of the Viet Nam wall (above and below) and depict just one cost of that war -- human lives.
A friend (above and below) flips through an alphabetical listing of the names to see which panel contains the name of his former childhood friend (the names of those killed in action are listed according to the approximate order of their death). I remember two classmates, cousins, who lost their brother and cousin in Nam. In grade school at the time, I didn't understand their grief, nor did they. I'm not sure we ever will.
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