VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND

Directors Jan Craig Scruggs, Esq.• June 7, 2004 President Robert H. Frank, CPA Treasurer Mrs. Nancy Reagan Ronald F. Gibbs• 10880 Wilshire Boulevard James V. Kimsey• George W. Mayo, Jr., Esq.• Suite 870 Lt. Col. Janis Nark* Harry G. Robinson, 111, FAIA* Los Angeles, CA 90024 john 0. Woods, Jr., P.E.•

National Sponsoring Committee Dear Mrs. Reagan: Arnold "Red" Auerbach Rocky Bleier• Ruben Bonilla On behalfof the board ofdirectors ofthe Vietnam Veterans Memorial Carol Burnett Fund, I write to express our deepest sympathy to you and your family. Our Rosalynn Carter James Carville collective prayers and thoughts are with you all during this time of Lionel Chetwynd overwhelming sorrow and enormous loss. The Hon. Richard B. Cheney The Hon. Baltasar Corrada Adm. William). Crowe, Jr.• Gen. Michael 5. Davison• Nearly twenty years ago, I had the highest honor ofmy life when I met The Hon. Gerald R. Ford your beloved husband. Words cannot convey the depth and magnitude ofmy and Mrs. Ford Joseph L. Galloway personal appreciation for his warm presence and heartfeltremarks on Veterans Philip Geyelin Day 1984 when he accepted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on behalfof our The Hon. Charles T. Hagel• Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh great country. His legacy will live on through the millions oflives that are Bob Hope Gen. David C. Jones• touched by this living Memorial. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Stanley Karnow Larry King We are enclosing a treasured photo from our archive that captures the Country Joe McDonald time he so graciously shared with us. The Hon. George McGovern Jim Nicholson• Gen. Colin M. Powell• Nancy Reagan Gen. John M. Shalikashvili* Willie Stargell Roger Staubach* Ken Steadman• Connie Stevens The Hon. Paul Thayer The Hon. Cyrus R. Vance Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr.• The Hon. Harry N. Walters The Hon. john W. Warner Gen. William C. Westmoreland*

*Served in Vietnam

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