Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
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Thank you for your thoughts on the wall. I have not yet had the opportunity
to see either the traveling wall or the original monument in D.C., but I
will see it some day. The men and women who died in Vietnam died fighting
for freedom - the freedom of not their families at home in the U.S., but the
freedom of the Vietnamese people. The depth of their sacrifice and of their
charachter is incomprehensible.
It saddens me deeply to know that if the men who sent them would have had
the reslove and integrity of those they sent, the war could have been over
in 3 to 6 months. Tens of thousands of America's finest could have been
spared.
Let us never forget their sacrifice and their patriotism. Likewise, let us
never forget or take for granted the sacrifices of the men and women in
uniform who serve today, fighting the war that was started by our enemies on
September 11, 2001 with cowardice and no mercy for their innocent victims.
"AT HOME, MEN AND WOMEN SLEEP IN PEACE UNDER THE BLANKET OF FREEDOM BECAUSE
GOOD MEN AND WOMEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF." (From a
placard at U.S. Marine Corps training depot, Parris Island, S.C.)
Clive Moss <chmphoto@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Sonny Carter said the following on 4/15/2004 12:28 PM:
> The traveling version of the Viet Nam Memorial is in Natchitoches, just
> two blocks from my house. This may not be the last you see of it from
> me.
>
> http://www.sonc.com/wall1.htm
The first time I saw the original wall I was totally overwhelmed. The
power of a list of names in incredible.
In Paris (and many other cities, but Paris stands out in my mind) there
are grand, large monuments to the dead of many conflicts. I find them
impressive. I do not find them moving in the same way that the wall is
moving. The monuments glorify war. The wall mourns the victims.
--
Clive
http://clive.moss.net
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