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After My First Trip To The Wall

Guest Gloria13

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After my first trip to The Wall it took me several days to recover. But I found I was captivated by the bronze statue there. I wrote this to and about them.

The Guardians

There are three young men cast in bronze standing at the entrance to the Viet Nam Memorial. These three young men have been assigned the monumental task of watching over the sleeping souls of their 58,148 Brothers through all of Eternity.

They are here to remind us all that have gone before us, and not allow us to forget those who gave the ultimate sacrafice.

But foremost, they are here to reassure the Parents, Wives, Families and Friends that their loved ones can now rest in undisturbed peace.

Gloria

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Well said.

I hope all that pass them by will pause and pay a tribute to those who remembered there.

After my first trip to The Wall it took me several days to recover. But I found I was captivated by the bronze statue there. I wrote this to and about them.

The Guardians

There are three young men cast in bronze standing at the entrance to the Viet Nam Memorial. These three young men have been assigned the monumental task of watching over the sleeping souls of their 58,148 Brothers through all of Eternity.

They are here to remind us all that have gone before us, and not allow us to forget those who gave the ultimate sacrafice.

But foremost, they are here to reassure the Parents, Wives, Families and Friends that their loved ones can now rest in undisturbed peace.

Gloria

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Sally Gold Member

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I have never been to Washington D.C. but when I do get there I am going to tour all of the memorials and the National Cemetary - I have been to the one in Hawaii in the volcanic carter that we call Punch Bowl.

It is very moving to walk among the mozaic maps of the battles in the Pcific and see the graves of so many WWII casualties and then to walk on the Arizona Memorial with all of the crew still entombed in the wreckage below is something that you can never forget and to read that entire wall of names of the men lost that morning.

There are no words to adequately expree the gratitude and the sense of lose at the same time but it is a feeling that is like no other.

It would be wonderful to one day awake and find that there would never be another victim of war.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Donna Jean

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Nicely said, Gloria....

I was in Viet Nam 1969-70

Loadmaster C-130...

I've never been to the Wall, but I visited the smaller version that travels around the country when it is in my area....

I have a couple of friends on the Wall...and one friend is still considered MIA...his Huey was never found..didn't come back from a dust-off mission.

And when I stand there .....the water works come on...I can't help it.

I still miss all you guys...

Love

Donna Jean

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Nicely said, Gloria....

I was in Viet Nam 1969-70

Loadmaster C-130...

I've never been to the Wall, but I visited the smaller version that travels around the country when it is in my area....

I have a couple of friends on the Wall...and one friend is still considered MIA...his Huey was never found..didn't come back from a dust-off mission.

And when I stand there .....the water works come on...I can't help it.

I still miss all you guys...

Love

Donna Jean

If you find a way to stop the waterworks, bottle it and sell it. my best friend is there, and even now hardly a week goes by i don't think about him.

I have a longer poem called the Pain of Coming Home I wrote this after the hell I went through at the Cleveland airport in front of my Aunt and Grandmother.

Gloria

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I visited The Wall in '87. To me it was a somber and sobering experience. Still remember my feelings today.

Gennee

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I visited The Wall in '87. To me it was a somber and sobering experience. Still remember my feelings today.

Gennee

I know, it is a weird feeling walking along the Wall. I don't know anyone could walk there and not feel it. I can not make the walk without crying, it is more than just the people lost, it is the loss of a nation of young people too.

Gloria

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