The actual monument is magnificent. The wall with the names of those lost in Vietnam is suspended through most of its arc. It immediately called to mind a page half turned...and then interrupted. |
The names are broken down by county. |
Eaton County |
Ingham county. I recognized names from both: Farhat, Klco, Hanna, Beatty. I went to high school with brothers and sisters by those names. |
Off to the side is a stone for those who were wounded, either in flesh or in spirit. |
The back of the monument has a very brief history of the conflict. |
That is well done!
ReplyDeleteMy service was right after the Vietnam era. I have always held in high esteem those who served there. I have known many Vietnam vets (including several who died there), and I have always felt sorrow over the shabby way they were treated when they came home.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Left, the Media, and our politicians of the day who lost that war for us. I will never forgive Walter Cronkite (may piss be upon him) and his ilk for turning public sentiment against a decisive victorious conclusion. Tet was a disaster for the Commies, and yet the Media spun it as a defeat for us. The media and the international Commie movement purposely spun the false narrative that WE were the bad guys, the public started to believe it and lose faith, and then from Nixon on down our leaders did not have the guts to do WHATEVER it took to win it overwhelmingly and QUICKLY.
Same story as Korea, actually. Our politicians would not let our military leaders actually WIN the war, because they were afraid of a larger war with the Red Chinese and the Soviets. Our dim bulb politicians could not see that the Chinese and Soviet Commies were ALREADY involved up to their eyeballs, and thus whatever we had to do to wage war against them too was absolutely warranted and righteous. Same as in Vietnam.