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rJU[ 2 9 1882 THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 28, 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR ELIZABETH DOL~
FROM: Jim Ciccon~ SUBJECT: National Salute to Vietnam Veterans
Attached is material forwarded by Jan Scruggs concerning the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans. Please note that a letter has been sent to the President asking that he and the First Lady serve as Honorary Chairmen.
Thanks. THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 3, 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER~
FROM: ELIZABETH H. DOLE
SUBJECT: National Salute to Vietnam Veterans
Attached is a letter inviting President and Mrs. Reagan to serve as the Co-Chairmen of the "National Salute to Vietnam Veterans" that will take place from November 10th to 14th, 1982.
I recommend that President and Mrs. Reagan accept this invitation. By accepting this honor, the President and Mrs. Reagan will affirm their appreciation and respect for the thousands of Americans who sacrificed so much for the United States in the Vietnam conflict.
I would also like to point out that Mrs. Reagan presently serves on the National Sponsoring Committee for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
Thank you for considering this request. MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 4, 1982
'l'O: MORTON BLACKWELL IL FROM: M. B. OGLESBY, 4-~ SUBJECT: Attached letter
Morton, attached is a copy of a letter from Congress man Jamie Whitten adding his personal endorsement to the request that the President and Mrs. Reagan act as Honorary Co-Chairmen for the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans in November.
It is my understanding that a decision will be made shortly on this matter. I would appreciate your letting me know so that I may advise Congressman Whitten.
Thank you. I CHAl,.MAN COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
_--~ ~rates , .-;.,,.n,»e of itttptt~cntatibc~ M~bfngton, ;Al.<.!:. 20515 August 2, 1982 4 AUG 1982
Mr. M. B. Oglesby, Jr. Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs The Wh·i te House Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear B.:
I have received a letter from Jan C. Scruggs, president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, advising that President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan have been asked to be the Honorary Co-Chairmen for the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans which will take place from November 10th through November 14th.
I would like to add my own personal endorsement of this request for the President and Mrs. Reagan to participate in these important patriotic events honoring Vietnam Veterans and those who gave their lives in Vietnam.
It will be most appreciated if you will let me know if thj. President and Mrs. Reagan will be able to be Honorary Co-Chairmen for this National Salute.
With best wishes,
JLW/sls Whitten, M. C.
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I I July 27, 1982
Mr. Jim Ciconi
Special Assistant to the President CORPORATE ADVISORY BOARD I RECTORS The White House Chaiirma.n hn P. Whttl<,r 111 , Esq .' First Floor, West Wing hairmJn Paul Thoyer Chairman of the Board b<,rt F. Frank, CPA Washington, DC 20500 and Chief f1..cu1ive O ffice, The [ TV Corpotalion nald F. G ibbs' Vier Chaiirmrn eorgt W . Mayo, Jr., Esq .• Dear Jim: August A. Busch, Ill n C. Morrison, bQ. • Chauman and President chard E. Radez' Anheuser-Busch Companies. Inc. hn 0 . Woods Jr ., P.E.' I'm sorry that you didn't have an opportunity to view Wayne M . Hoffman Chairman and Chief h"'"ulfVf' Officer Aff our statue, but I look forward to showing it to you soon. Tiger International Craig Scruggs• John G . McEIWtt esident President John Hancock Mutual ol. Robert A. Caner USAF R<,t.' Attached here is some material on the National Salute Life Insurance Company t-cut•vt> Vice Prf"sidenl J. Ric hard Munro obert W . Doubek. Esq .' to Vietnam Veterans. ·All veterans and military organizations Pres ident fojec1 Oirt:"'C.to r!Sec,e,1ary are taking part in this effort which is expected to bring Time, Inc. nd1e fauriol Edmund T. Pran , Jr . rec1or-Na1 ,onal Salute to over two hundred thousand Vietnam veterans into Washington. Chairman of the Board ,etnam Veterans Pf12er. Inc. ren K. . Bigeiow Lloyd N . Un"'II pury Director Na1,onal Sdlure to Execurive Vice President w1 nam Ve1erans and We have asked the President and Nancy Reagan to be the Independent Peiroleum m~,gn D11Ktor Associarion of America Honorary Charimen for the event. Please do what you can to ATIONAL SPONSORING T. A. Wilson Chair man and Chief f,.ecur1vf" Off,cf'r MMITTEE help with this request. Boe,ng Comp.any ·nold " Red" Auerbach \ earl Baily ~rion S. Bcirry, Jr. Best regards, ayo, Ws11ie1 o f Columbia !ocky Bleier• !u ben Bonilla ea,e of Unued Lar in .mE"flCan C11i2ens (LULACJ he Hon. Ellsworth Bunker ~ rol Burnen ~ e Cano merican C .I. forum of the U .5. 10Y iynn Caner " • Hon. Max Cleland' h e Hon. Ba ltasar Corrada ioward Co.,.11 ;,.n_ Michael s. Da vison. USA. R<,t. . J cs I rm ormer Commander-,n-Chief. t S. Armr, Europe he Hon. Gerald R. . Ford nd Mrs. Ford hilip Gevehn b.r rv Coldwaler 111i1e-d 5ra,~s Senator om An zona ev. The-odorr M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. '.nivt-nity of Noire Dame ob HOP" en. David C. Jones• haum.in, Jo,nt Chiefs of Sia(( e-rnon £. Jordan, Jr. ationa f Urban League 1ichael J. Kogutek 'Tiet1can Lt-g,on ,e Hon. Ge-or(l:e McGovern " Hon. Roberi. P. Nimmo ancy Reagan tr! T. Rowan 'illie StarEtell >~f"r S1aub.1ch • 1e Hon Cyrus R. . Vance hn \V. \'Varner 111ed Sralt"l ,Senator ,m Vu~m11 !n \.Yill1am C. WeslmoreLtrnd, Ret. • rmt"'r Ch,~( of 51.~ff. U.S. Army
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711 O Vc>rmont Avenue. NW . Suite .108. \A, ' ashington. D .C. 20:.)()5 (202) 659-2 ➔ 90 They serv~. They sacrificed. HONOR THEM! The men and women who served in Vietnam: honor and recognize them at the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans, in Washington, D.C. beginning on the eve of Veterans Day Wednesday, November 10, continuing through Sunday, November 14, 1982
It's a time of remembrance of those who gave their lives and those who remain missing. It's a time to share heart-felt gratitude with all the valiant people who answered their country's call. The National Salute will be a celebration of patriotism and a focus of reflective emotion. Reunions of military units, Parades, Entertainment, and Religious Services will finally pay tribute to those 2,700,000 Americans who served in Vietnam.
NATIONAL SAWTE TOVJETNAM VITERANS
Americans, participate! Make plans now to remember them in November.
------·Please complete and print clearly: D I would like to attend. Please send more information. D I am a Vietnam Veteran. D A member of my family gave his life in service D I would like information about the unit reunions. to his country in Vietnam. (Army : Brigade or Division; Marines: Regiment; D I would like information about the Welcome Home Parade. Navy: Ship or Detachment; Air Force: Wing level; D I would like information about lodging in the D.C. area. Coast Guard: Squadron). My unit was _____
NAME: ------
ADDRESS: ------STATE: ______ZIP: ______PHONE:------Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope when you return your participation form. Thank you. Mail your completed participation form to: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund•, 1110 Vermont Avenue, NW Suite 308, Washington D.C. 20005 •The Vietnam Veterans Memorfal_Fund is a non-profit organization established to build a national memorial in honor of all Americans who served in Vietnam. Ad~rt.....,..,nl: CourtNy of Tyf Aw.oci.lN, Mele"", VA .. - ,.
N/1.'1' J ON/1.L S/\LU'I'E TO VIETNAM VJ::TERANS November 10 - 14, 1982 Wc1shington, D.C.
(I're lirninary Schedule of Activities)
Wednc..:::;day, November 10
• 8 p.m. Entertdiners Salute Vietnam Veterans! Show DAl< Cons ti tut ion Hall, 1776 D Street, N. W. Thursdc.1y, Nuvember 11, Veterans Day • 11 a.m. Veterans Day Ceremony, Arlington Cemetery (Hosted by the Veterans Administration and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society)
• 2 - 6 p.m. Unit Reunions (Army : Brig~de or Division; Mirines: Re11iment; Nivy: Ship or Del.ichmcnt; Air Force : Wing Level; Coist Gu•rd: Squ.idron). Exhibit Hall A, Sheraton Washington Hotel 2660 Woodley Road, N.W.; Woodley Park-Zoo metro, Red Line
• 8 p.m. Veterans Day Concert, U.S. Army Band Col. Eugene Allen, USA, Leader-Conductor; Free to Public Departmental Auditorium, between 12th & 14th, on Constitution Ave, N Fridcty , November 12 • 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Unit Reunions (continued from Nov. 11)
• 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Veterans Organizations Welcoming Programs -All day programs sponsor~d by veterans organizations and military related associations. Schedule of times and locations available later. -Gold Star Mothers Open House for Families 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sheraton Ballroom, Sheraton Washington Hotel. Open House for familie::; uf those killed and missing in Vietnam. • G p.m. - midnight. Veterans Organizations Receptions Schedule available later Sc.1turday, Novenwer 13 • 10 .:.1.m. - 12 nuo n. Parade in Tribute to Vietnam Veterans -Vietna1n veterans, military contingents and others march by state cJuwn Constitution Avenue toward the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
• L p.m. - 8 p.m. Activities to be announced. Sunday, November 14 • Nc.1tionwide Religious Services and prayers in honor of all Americans who served in Vietnam. In Washington, D.C., at the National Cathedral, 11 a.m. ,. * *
1-'ur- additional details about the Natiuna l Salute to Vietnam Veterans, cont.:ict ::,.:i11die Fauriol, Director, NSW at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1110 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 308, Washington, D.C. 20005. To assist with or participate in the _?arade, contact Col. K. Ilunter, USA (Re~), Parade Coordinator, at t ,he same address. ., · :1-' AUGUST 2 . 198 , r-., \.nu:- TinH
...... :,.. , ..: ...... ,.. ' National Tribute Set ' ·• , '·~ By Vietnam Veterans .,' Scrugg~ . The Amtrak railrnad network. bus :-3y ,\L~i::N: . .... ~RIER lines and airlim· •:ompanics :ire expected to ·, lrTws :3t~ff Wr :~,.., promote thr •~vent in national advertise . - ···-- ·-- ·------ments and may affer special fares, organiz WASHINGTON - A national tribute lu ers said. Furlhl'r rletails were not immedi ' ielnarn veterans highlighted by four days atelr available. ol unit reunions. the un\'eiling of Lhe Viel· Thr salute shows "lhal the nation's nam Veterans Memoriai and a parad(• is wounds have healed somewhat." Scruggs ·w111gorganized by :he Vietnam Veterans said . "It's a renection ~hat American peo \lernorial Fund . ple now understand Clt>arly that the Viet :. Organizers said the tribute, scheduled nam veterans were treated unfairly when Novcmuer 10-14 here, could attract as ther were returned from Vietnam and it is manv a~ 100,000 Vietnam veterans. lim·e lo do something about it." The N..atinnai Salute lo Vietnam Veterans Sandie Fauriol. director of lhr salute. 1s intendect 11' ;~1ve veterans a national said, "This salute is a natural outgrowth of "thank ,vou" they never receiYed for their the memorial.·• Vietnam ~ervice. according to officials of The events are to begin with an entertain i.he Vidnarn Veterans Memotial Fund. ers' salute to the veterans, scheduled for Jan Scruggs, president of the fund, said Wednesday, l\'o\'ember 10 The performers thl' nfficial dl'dication of Lhe memoriai had will be announced later in the summer, or• been schec!ulP.d for November 11, but now ganizers said. ~:- ha1-heen poqponed until later while a flag · Thursday, Nov~mber J L will begin with ..,...' . a11d to ',, po,., statue are added the abstract. traditional V"ierans Dav ceremonies al Ar ~:a:~'-' \'-shaped memorial. · lington National Cemetery and end in the S'.;,c
The conlro\'ersial additions were last• e,·ening wilh a Veterans Day concert with ' { ...... : ' l . ,_.•J ·• minute changes to the original design. in thr U.S. Army Band, conducted by Col. Eu-• . ._,.:_ trnded tu i:011n1ercriticism that 1hr memo gene Allen. rial ,,,as too bleak . The memorial will be During the day Thursday, the veterans Tlmt!& Pltok , :.•• !
The Honorable Ronald Reagan The White House CORPORATE ADVISORY RECTORS BOARD 1n P. \Vh,-eler Ill. hq. • 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Chiillirm~n a,rm.in Paul Thayer ,,,rt f . Frank. CPA Washington, DC 20500 Chairman of tht> Boud ;,nd Ch ief ExPCut i~ Qff, ct"r The l TV Co rpora tion ••Id F. G ibbs" Vice Ch1irmen orgc W. Mayo, Jr .. hq. • Dear President Reagan: August A. Rusch. Ill in C. Morri!,On , E.s q .• Chairm an ~tnd Pr e>ident .iiard L Radez • Anheuser-Busch Companit'.~. l,1c. ,,, 0 . Wood, Jr .• P.E.• On behalf of our National Sponsoring Committee and Boards \.Vttyne M . H ottman Chairma n and Ch,,-f ht'ct1:t\lf' OH1cr r - HF of Directors and Advisors, I would like to invite you and Mrs. T1gt! r Inte rnational , c; raig Scrugg,• Reagan to serve as the Co-Chairmen of our "National Salute to John G. M cElw~• -sidt-m President I. Roben A . Cane, USAF R•t. • Vietnam Veterans" that will take place from November 10 to Joh n Ha ncock M uru11 ?t: ullvt" V,ce Ptt-lidrnt 14-, 1982. l if!' lns urdnct- Company ben W . Dou he:.. [sq.• J. Ric hard Munro ,jeer Oire,c1or/SecrerJry Presidt-nt Time, Inc. 1di~ Fa uriol :.ec1or - NJ11onal 5.J/ufC' w I am pleased to tell you our project to establish the Vietnam Edmund T . Pr an, Jr. rt n .1 m Vt•t t'rans ChJ ir man of rhe SoJrd Pfizer. In c. ren K. . B,gdow Veterans Memorial continues on schedule: we broke ground on pu:r O,rector 1'';,1ion,al 5,1/u1 e to Lloyd N . Unsell •tn am Vt-te-ran) and March 26; we are in the process of constructing the memorial; Execu uve \'ice rre>ident ,np.1ign Oitt:"C'IOr Independent Pc-uolt- um and we have raised the funds needed to complete our project. Association of A rnt't ic a , TtON AL SPONSO RIN G T. A. Wilson IMMITTEE Chairman a nd Ch ief h.t-cutivt' Oirict'r Boeing Compan y :a old .. Red" Auerbach We believe the Vietnam Veterans Memoriai, now well on its 1rl S.t ily ;rion S. 8.1rry. jr. way toward becoming a reality, has provided all Americans a yor ::r,cr o f Culum~•a unique opportunity to focus their attention on the service and cky Bleier• sacrifice of those who answered their country's call to duty hen Bonilla ice of Unirerl l.wn during the Vietnam war. ,'e,ic ,1n Ciuzens flULACJ e Hon. [lhworth Bun kt>r re l Burnen In recognition of this timely and weil deserved tribute, and ~ Cano 1eric.an C .I. f orum o! the U.S. in an effort to further the mission of our memorial project, we are i jlynn (Jner sponsoring a National Salute to Vietnam Veterans. This series of ~ Hon. Max Cleland• e Hon. 8i4hcl~~H Cc,rro1d~ activities in Washington, D.C. that will be attended by hundreds of ,ward Cose !! thousands of Americans from all across the country, includes an n_ Micha~I S. O;i v1~on. USA., R£> t. • ·m • r Commandt>t•in.[ht~( "Entertainers Salute Vietnam Veterans!" show; military unit reunions; i. Army. l urope t- H on . G ~rald R. f o,d a parade ; and nationwide religious services in honor of all Vietnam :l Mrs. ford ilip G('yel,n veterans as well as those who died or remain missing. All major rry Goldwaler veterans and military organizations are t aking an active role in the ire-d .St.;ues Senator m ,VizonJ National Salute. ,·. Thoodoie M . Hesbur~h. C.S .C. i,.-e- r.sil)' of Notre 0Jmt' b Hope Mr. President, it is difficult to convey in such a few words how ·n . D avid C . Jones • ,a,rm Jn, J~-,inr Cf11et} oi 5ralf important this historical event will be to the veterans, the families rnon [. Jordan. Jr. iion~t Urh~n Lt'Jf.: u,. of those whose lives were lost, and to the country as a whole. Through choel J. Ko~u1<·k ,e , ic1n lt•g,o:-: out our project we have received hundreds of thousands of letters with f' Hon. Genr~e ti.-,cGo\·'-''" contributions from Americans all across the nation telling us how e- H un. Rohrn J-' . ,-.;imnio ncy Rt' .i g.1 n much the Vietnam Veterans Memorial means to them. Time and time rl T. Row.rn again, for example, the parents of those who gave their lives have lhe S:.H>(rli ~n S1 .1u b,ll·h· written us to say: "Tha nk you for showing us, at last, our loss was r- Hon Cyru .. J.: \ :.uh•· not in vain."
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The 1:ionorable Ronald Reagan June 23, 1982 Page 2
As you are one who has long supported the men and women who fought in the Vietnam war, we would like to have you and Mrs. Reagan serve as the Co-Chairmen of this historical event that means so much to so many.
Just as the citizens of our country have found a way to say "thank you" to all who served in Vietnam through support of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, your participation in the National Salute will reinforce this long awaited, patriotic spirit of unity and reconciliation engendered by the memorial project. And, it will finally and officially mark a passage completed that the Vietnam veterans, and the families of the nearly 58,000 who gave their lives, will never forget.
Thank you for your consideration of our specia],,,r'eq~i~st. We look forward to a favorable reply. ( /\\ J . Respetltf 1 • y }'Ol:.!~ I \ ( i / \ / \ ' "' ,\i I .
I Ja~-~~~:g~ ! Pres.1.dent \ \
cc: Nancy Reagan
JCS/caj July 21, 1932
The rresi Dear President and Hrs. Rear;an: It is rny understanding tl1at you have been invited by the Vietnam Veteram; Heraorial Fund to be the Honorary Cochairmen for the ;~ational Salute to Vietnam Veterans which will take place from lfovember 10 through Hoveiaber 14 of this year. I would like to take this opportunity to urge you to accept this great honor. As you know, the tsemorial will honor the men and women who served so valiantly and sacrificed so much for their country during the Vietnam War. The Memorial is a private endeavor, with the cost of construction being borne through private donations. Construction is moving along well and dedication of the Memorial is scheduled to take place during the iJational Salute to Vietnam Veterans. The Ar.!erican Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Reserve Officers Association and many other veterans organizations have pulled together on this project in order to meet the common goal of honoring Vietnan1 veterans. I need not tell you lio\-: meaningful it would be to the veterans who served and their families if you would agree to cochair the National Salute. Tnank you in advance for your consideration of this request. I look forward to a positive response. Sincerely, Lawrence J. Del:jarclis Member of Congress LJ]): le • / NOVEMBER 10-14, 1982 WASHINGIDN, D.C. ' ,, r.-, .. )•• 1•1 I i;lt,'o' • •.':1•/,,.1,:.;.,,,.,', •• '.• JI r.!?t.f.f;· . '·f~: :,./\.~~.(~:::t :~:;~"; .'{ ·,M (~ 1,-fJ·,'~;-.;/.,, ... ,,'l(lfl,:(:~ .. , 1~#:«~x-Wf.'.,:•1,-i,. "b{~~J% f t~~~t1-;-:--:(~'$-,... ;' 'Efit."tl/, /;.,y,"//~ ~;,N. ··.. : .,..,; ..: ~: t / r:y,_.'I .,~"",•i..,.,-. ..,. 11; ,... •11,-. ·1 : . ,;.1.1 ··~':X •). ..yt,,...,. 'l:,,c .,.,,., ··•;_~-~~.... 1 , tlii1$ttt.; ·;p On the site of this Memorial, on Memorial Day, May 26, 1980, a ceremony was held in which people were invited to join a line and speak in turn the name of an American killed in Vietnam-a brother, a father, a friend, a husband. There was an eleven year old boy who spoke his father's name. There was a mother, thirty-five or so, with two little girls, and one of the girls uttered her father's name. And there was a weeping woman, in uniform, who spoke her husband's name. Then an old soldier came up and spoke the name of a battalion commander felled in Vietnam. The pain, the reality, and the bro kenness were there for all to see. And the barriers to learning and the need for reconciliation were there for all to see as well. The important thing was to hear the power of a name, while sensing the pain. But in fact this Country has not wept yet over this war's dead. We still deny them. We fought, angry and divided. As yet, we have not wept over, nor said to the war's dead ... goodbye .... Until the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans. 1 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD The Vietnam War will be an even greater force in who did not serve in the military. The distinctive American life in the next two decades than in the last two: contributions in leadership by the veterans will strengthen This is because the war created or magnified deep our country and may, I think, be determinative in our separations among the 60 million Americans who became keeping both peace and freedom in the international arena of adults in the 1960's - the largest generational cohort in the 1980's and 1990's, and past the turn of the century. United States history. The separations will hurt our national WORK. The wrenching experience of the war, in life unless we take conscious steps for healing. Healing offers combination with the submerged remaining divisions a redoubled sense of unity which could make the generation (which are barriers to a possibly redoubled unity) suggests a stronger source of sound world leadership than if no war plainly that there is work to be done. The work is to get the had intervened. generation that came of age during the war to focus on each SEPARATIONS. Among the generation the war other, and to accept each other, across the various separated the man who wore the uniform from the man who separations caused by the war. Academic, church, did not; it separated woman from man, as the wartime synagogue, business, and professional communities can put turbulence freed the women's movement and posed this matter directly to members of the generation. questions of the male role in our culture; and it separated The succeeding generation - those now in young self from self, as those in the generation encountered harsh work life, graduate school, college and high school - must societal attitudes toward the choices they made about be introduced to these matters as well. First, the succeeding military service and public protest during the war years, generation will find its national life led by leaders from causing self-examination to find truths separated away and among the Vietnam generation. It always helps to hidden within themselves. understand as fully as possible one's leaders and hence the Healing these separations has only begun. Part of political situation. Second, members of the succeeding the beginning is expressed in the task of the Vietnam generation have a strong potential for encouraging members Veterans Memorial Fund, which Congress entrusted to create of the Vietnam generation to effect reconciliation. Nor the Memorial on two acres on the Mall in Washington, D.C. should we forget the potential role of parents of the Vietnam to honor and recognize all those who served in the armed veterans and protestors. forces in the war. For the Memorial, our whole country owes Teaching these things to the succeeding generation thanks to Jan Scruggs, Memorial Fund president, and Robert is a task for the academic community. The materials are on Doubek, project director, who have toiled on the project hand. The recent book, The Wounded Generation, examines since the beginning, in a tale that is just starting to be told. the divisions in the Vietnam generation, and major aspects HOPE. For those who wore the uniform, the are presented in Strangers at Home, A Rumor of War, Memorial is in part a way to affirm the bonds of friendship Everything H-e Had, and in the novels, Fields ofFire, A Sense that were born in military service. This is not remote from a ofHonor, and The 13th Valley. wish to rekindle unity with the other men and women in the The gifted American academic community is well generation. Efforts to break down the divisions which now able to steer students to an understanding of the war and its fracture the generation could lead the generation to defeat effects. One has only to consider the attention given to the the war by becoming more united than would have resulted segregation issues and freedom rides of the late 1950's and from a course of peace. This is a possibility, and it is hopeful. early 1960's. By 1969 Cleaver 's Soul on Ice was in just about It suggests that after a process of examining the divisions the every college bookstore. It was being read in seminars. Now generation would be better able to lead this country in there is The Wounded Generation. The hurts are just as deep. dealing with world dangers and opportunities. The divisions are just as wide. The diminished respect and There are hints of other hopeful possibilities. They esteem are just as striking. also have to do with strengthened unity. One is that the These reflections have explored the reasons for and influx of able women leaders among the generation appears, the nature of the work that Americans must undertake. to some extent at least, to be due to the upheaval in society There appears to be evidence that this view is correct. How spurred by the war. Our country is stronger and will be will we know unless we try? stronger, due to these women. By the same token, wartime service lent to those who wore the uniform a mark of maturity, self-giving, and common sense about war. There is plainly potential for national leadership among the veterans, . 's- e¼"'- ~-1..~\~r and there is a place for them alongside the women and men JOHN WHEELER 2 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans. These five days culminate three years of hard, concerted work to create a national memorial to Vietnam veterans. Our task in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund has been to stimulate the long overdue national recognition that has largely been denied to those of us who served in our nation's longest war. We trust that the Salute is the beginning of our nation's greater understanding of the honorable service and sacrifice given by all the Americans who answered their country's call to duty in Vietnam. It is keenly significant that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial rests majestically between the memorials honoring two of our nation's greatest leaders-George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The names of our friends who made the supreme sacrifice with their lives in Vietnam will live forever on grounds dedicated to the honorable spirit that exemplifies our great country. Those who gave their lives, those who served and returned, and those who remain missing in action-all are recognized with this memorial. From Sergeant Roy Benavidez, the last living soldier to receive a Medal of Honor for Vietnam service, to Lieutenant Sharon Lane, one of the women who died in Vietnam; from the men who were prisoners of war, to the thousands of veterans who were injured or disabled as a result of their service. Our nation now expresses its gratitude to all who served. There are thousands of individuals who have made r ------o.. in"' the Vietnam Veterans Memorial possible through their IF----:____ ti donations or their dedicated work. Few organizations have ,-..J: ever had the staff talent and dedication as we had with "'z Robert Doubek and Sandie Fauriol and all others who served unstintingly with WMF. The board of directors gave their -~:------~-~-~ single-minded devotion and leadership. Jan C. Scruggs, President, and Jack u-1ieeler, Chairman. The volunteer spirit flourished throughout these three years, and special credit goes to patriots such as Alf That today, we can stand as a country to pay tribute Thompson; Paul Thayer, Chairman, the LTVCorporation; and to the 2.7 million Americans who served in Vietnam is a Lloyd Unsell, Vice President of the Independent Petroleum testament to our values, our blessings of liberty, and our Association. These gentlemen raised a significant amount of faith in what is right. As Abraham Lincoln expressed it, that the funds necessary to build the memorial. Veterans faith let us" do our duty as we understood it." organizations such as the American Legion, the AMVETS and the Veterans of Foreign Wars gave untiring support, key contributions and, like other veterans and military organizations, did their part. Q~ The National Salute to Vietnam Veterans is a time of celebration and reflection-a time to honor those who served and sacrificed in Vietnam. It is a time to remember JAN CRAIG SCRUGGS the effect such sacrifice has on the Vietnam veterans' families , their communities, and the very nature of our way of life. 3 New from U.S.News Books! The definitive reference to the U.S.Ar~ and Allied ground forces in Vietnam. Introduction by William C. Westmoreland. The Se nior Commander of the U.S. an d Allied Forces in Vietnam from Unit Listings. 1964 th rough 1968, Gene ral The definitive Westmoreland comments: "The listing of every Vie tnam Order of Battle is a U.S. Army unit in work of rare commemorative Vi etnam from 1961 and historical value. The ency th rough 1973, in clopedic detail is unequaled for cluding designations, any war in which the U.S Army type, insignia, arrival has engaged. There is no com and departu re dates, parable order of batt le even previous station, for World War II. 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More than two dozen maps detail Dept. 82 only complete collection of color photographs of ac major Allied tactical and support elements, troop de Box1776 tual insignia and badges worn in Vietnam - 430 in all. ployments and unit locati ons . Bergenfield, NJ 07621 Includes authorized and unauthorized insi gn ia, spe Re sidents of Alabama, California, Illinois, cial skills and fo reign badges. Many new, lost, rare or Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. add never before published . applicable sales tax. lli.bute to Honor A HISTORY ny retelling of the three and a half-year task to build a memo rial and to orchestrate a celebra ---A tion of patriotism must cite I I many individuals, selfless deeds , fortunate coincidence, and the unifying power of bold, confident action. Any retelling of the monumental achievement must, as well , recount a dream-the dream of Jan C. Scruggs. Corporal Jan Scruggs returned injured and decorated from a Vietnam combat company in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade that had lost half its men in bat tle. He had enlisted in hopes of earning a college education; this in turn led him to a graduate degree in psychological counsel ing, specializing in the psychological and sociological readjustment difficulties of Vietnam veterans. In 1976, five years af ter his return from Vietnam, Scruggs tes tified before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and strongly urged that coun seling be made available to Vietnam veter ans nationwide. Almost as an aside, he recommended that a memorial be built to honor the Vietnam veterans, as a tangible symbol to show them the country did care about their service in the Vietnam War. It was not until 1979 that Scruggs pledged his total commitment to the dream of such a memorial: after seeing the motion picture, The Deerhunter, he reencountered that poignant record of in dividual lives affected by the "unpopular war" and vowed to build a memorial to their honor. The memorial would ac knowledge and recognize the service and sacrifice of all who served in Vietnam. Scruggs began his quest. He searched for group support, for dedicated Ameri cans with whom to fulfill his dream. At tending a meeting of an ad hoc committee formed to attempt a celebration of Viet nam Veterans Week (declared by Congress for Memorial Day, 1979), Scruggs pro posed his plan for a national monument. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE and business professionals which in cluded George Mayo, John Morrison, Paul Haaga, Richard Radez, Arthur Mosley, and Bill Maar. Doubek chaired the initial meeting and outlined the legal and man agement questions that the project presented. Wheeler also recruited Robert Frank, a CPA, who agreed to become WMF Trea surer and oversee financial matters. In early September, Wheeler and Frank be came members of the Board. Meanwhile, the Board and task force began to meet biweekly along with volunteer advisors in other aspects of the effort. These included Bill Jayne in public relations, John Woods in design and construction, Heather Haaga in fund raising, and Ronald Gibbs in legislation. Doubek and Wheeler assisted Senator WMF President Jan Scruggs and Maya Ying Lin, designer ofthe memorial. Mathias in developing the legislation that would provide a site of land for the memo Those gathered at the U.S . Conference of rial. Senator Mathias suggested a site on Mayors' office in April of 1979 spoke of the Washington Mall. After evaluating benefits to serve the needs of their fellow areas around the city, WMF determined veterans. Only one person shared com that a prominent site was the most impor pletely what Scruggs was visualizing. He tant factor for the success of the memo was Robert Doubek, a lawyer and former rial. Concurrently, WMF developed the Air Force intelligence officer who had concept of having an overall landscaped served in Vietnam in 1968-69. solution for the memorial's design which Doubek had served his tour of duty and was suggested by the Southeast Asia come home with no physical scars, but he Mem orial at West Point. There Major retained a gnawing sense of resentment Glenn F. Rogers , an artist and a Vietnam that his service, and that of all Vietnam combat veteran , designed a park area to veterans, had gone unrecognized. serve the need for a memorial to har Doubek, who attended law school on monize with the surrounding architec the GI Bill, advised Scruggs that a non ture and to respect the atmosphere of the profit, charitable corporati on was needed Project Director Robert Doubek making an US Military Academy grounds. Similar as the legal organizati on to undertake the on-site inspection ofconstruction. considerations governed any memorial to memorial project. Such a corporation be established on the National Mall in could receive tax deductible contributions veteran, and West Point graduate. Constitution Gardens where WMF foun d and contract for construction. Scruggs Wheeler led the group representing the the best site, 200 yards from the Lincoln retained Doubek to incorporate the Viet graduating classes from 1960 - 1969 Memorial. nam Veterans Memorial Fund (WMF) , who built the Southeast Asia Memorial at The legislation would be introduced on and Doubek agreed to serve as an officer West Point. He met with Scruggs and November 8, 1979, and WMF began plan and director of the corporation. WMF was Doubek and joined the team. ning for a press conference to announce incorporated on April 27, 1979, and the Meanwhile, Scruggs had taken two it. Congressman John Paul Ham first organizational meeting was held five weeks off without pay from his job in order merschmidt (R, AR) prepared to introduce days later. The IRS granted non-profit to gain support in Congress for the the Bill in the House. status in June. The dream was making its memorial. Senator Pete Domenici (R, In September, WMF contacted a fund bid for realization. NM) had supported a memorial in his raising company regarding a national di First, Scruggs held a national Memo home state and had spoken at the WMF rect mail appeal. In October, Senator John rial Day press conference to announce the Memorial Day press conference. Scruggs Warner (R, VA) , Secretary of the Navy fo rmation of W MF. A newswire story ap also met with the staff of his senator, during the Vietnam War, met with the peared. Five weeks later, however, only Charles McC. Mathias (R , MD) regarding WMF board and committed to raise the $144.50 had been raised. At the end of his the possibility of Senator Mathias' spon funds necessary to launch the nati onal ~ national newscast on July 4th, Roger sorship of legislation for the memorial. In fund raising campaign. Mudd reported that fact. But - what early August 1979, the senator agreed to In November, upon Senator Mathias could have appeared as a fi zzled attempt introduce whatever legislation was introduction of the legislation, WMF es bec.ame a startling beginning! needed. tablished an executive office to manage its That story attracted the notice of John Wheeler, seeing the need for more affairs . Doubek became executive director Wheeler, a Washington lawyer, Vietnam manpower, recruited a task force of legal ;:.. Groundbreaking, March 26, 1982. ► 6 A Sweeping, lmpres.sive llibute ong prior to the signing of the legislation granting the site, WMF began to consider the L process of selecting a design. Be Ill cause of the number of artists and designers who had expressed interest in designing the memorial, its national significance, and its philosophy of bring ing all together to honor Vietnam veter ans, WMF decided to hold a national competition - open to any U.S. citizen over 18 years of age. The competition would allow consideration of the broadest possible range of design ideas - judged fairly and objectively. Immediately after signing of the legis lation, WMF retained Paul D. Spreiregen, a Washington architect and planner, as professional advisor for the planning and conduct of the competition. WMF set five basic criteria for the design: it (1) be re flective and contemplative in character, (2) be harmonious with its site and sur roundings; (3) provide for the inscription of the names of the nearly .58,000 who gave their lives or remain missing, (4) make no political statement about the war and (5) occupy up to two acres of land. WMF selected an award winning jury An engraved panel ofthe Uetnam Veterans Memorial. of seven internationally known architects, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE for one-half his previous salary. The vol Throughout the campaign, the message was clear that unteer advisors were organized into six Americans wanted this memorial to be built. Ufth a task groups: public relations; finance and accounting; fund raising; legislative flood of contributions, Americans assured that it liaison; site selection; and design and would be ... construction. y the end of 1979, WMF had the prestige of their names in support of Bill by Memorial Day. Through the efforts $9,000 in the bank - $5,500 the cause. The characteristic WMF flame of Gibbs and Doubek, however, WMF from individual Americans; logo was also designed. eventually was ab le to gain this Con B $2,500 from the Veterans of In late February, 200,000 letters were gressman's full support and the Bill was CJ Foreign Wars; $1 ,000 from mailed, and the American people showed passed in the House unanimously. Senator Warner, who had held a fund rais with their dollars that the time to honor It was the first time in over a decade ing breakfast for WMF on December Vietnam veterans had truly arrived. The that both the House and the Senate 22nd. On January 2, 1980, Doubek opened legislative effort moved forward as well , had agreed so whole-heartedly on a single a one room office as the· first WMF and by the time of Senate hearings on piece of legislation. headquarters. March 12 , 1980, 85 of the 100 Senators WMF proceeded with its plans to mail On January 16, 1980, Grumman Aero were co-sponsors, largely due to the per one million letters on Memorial Day, bu t space Corporation, responding to Senator sonal effort of Jan Scruggs. The Bill was needed funds for postage. Charles Daniel , Warner 's appeal, contributed $10,000 passed unanimously by the Senate on a West Point graduate and president of which enabled WMF to pay the postage April 30, 1980, and hearings were held in First American Bank, N.A., provided an for a 200,000 letter test of a direct mail the House in early May. Unfortunately, the unsecured loan for $30,000 . In late April appeal. That month, WMF began to form interference of a House member who syndicated columnist James J. Kilpatrick, a National Sponsoring Committee of misunderstood the nonpolitical purpose who had never before endorsed a fun d prominent Americans who agreed to lend of the memorial prevented passage of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 34 8 sculptors and landscape architects and one writer to judge the competition. They were Pietro Belluschi, architect; Grady Clay, author; Garrett Eckbo, landscape ar chitect; Richard H. Hunt, sculptor; Cons tantino Nivola, sculptor; James Rosati, sculptor; Hideo Sasaki, landscape ar chitect; and Harry Weese, architect. Be fore his selection each of the jurors was interviewed by the directors of WMF to verify his commitment to choosing the best design for the memorial according to WMF's criteria. WMF began promoting the competi tion in October 1980, and the response was unprecedented-with over 5,000 in quiries. A rules booklet with registration forms was sent in response to each. By the December 29 deadline registration forms were received from 2,573 individuals and teams. In early January 1981 all regis- • trants received the design program and a set of maps, and had 90 days to develop their designs. By the deadline on March 31, 1981, 1,421 entries were received - making the competition the largest ever Inscription Process. Once placement on held in the United States or Europe. the memorial's walls was decided, the All entries were displayed in a large Building names were inscribed by Binswanger hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, Mary Glasscraft Products, Memphis, Tennessee, using an innovative process called photo land, in rows covering more than 35,000 stencil sandblasting. square feet of floor space. Each entry was A Memorial identified by number only, to preserve the anonymity of their authors. he site was granted, the design ing or prisoners. The WMF verified this The jury met during the last week in chosen, the finances provided. DOD list, where possible, by cross April to judge the entries. All were exam Now, one final step: to build the checking it against casualty data provided ined by each juror; by the afternoon of the r---iT memorial to Vietnam veterans. by the individual service branches. As a second day, the field was narrowed to 232. L___J As breathtakingly simple as it is, result of this cross-checking, WMF added Late the following day, the finalists num the memorial presented myriad com a total of 231 names to the list to be in bered 39. plexities due primarily to the inclusion of scribed on the memorial. The bulk of these As described by one of the jurors, "a nearly 58,000 names in the design. Where names were of Air Force personnel who had long, careful thoughtful discussion" was were those names? Who had access to the died in accidents during flight operations then held, and it was mutually agreed that lists; and were the lists accurate and com in Thailand, bringing the total number of the "simple and meditative design would plete? How would the names fit on the names on the memorial to 57,939. · have to be horizontal, not vertical ... that memorial walls; and how would the To ensure that each name was correctly there had to be some expressing of human Memorial then fit in with its surroundings? entered into the DOD casualty list, WMF tragedy, a sense of serenity beyond the Wis it possible to build such a monument contracted with the National Personnel visual ... that the design must fit the site within the budget; and could it possibly be Records Center, National Archives and . .. must belong only to its place on the finished by the projected completion date Records Service, in St. Louis, Missouri. Mall , which in itself was the most impor of Veterans Day, 1982? The spelling of each name was checked tant part of the memorial." These, and many more, were the ques against the man or woman's official mili By mid-afternoon on April 30, the jury tions facing the Vietnam Veterans Memo tary personnel records. In addition, be had made its final decision which was rial Fund and especially, its project director, cause of the possibility of error in transcrib unanimous. Its official report to WMF Robert Doubek, who below outlines the ing prefixed names (De, La, Mc, Mac, O', said: problems, strategies, and solutions - Van, Von, etc.), WMF had each prefixed The jury for the Vietnam Memorial along with personal reflections-involved name and each name that possibly con Design Competition finds Entry Num in the actual construction of the Vietnam tained a prefix specifically checked. ber 1026 the finest and most appropriate Veterans Memorial. A problem posed by the official list was of the 1,421 entries submitted. We rec om mend to the Vietnam Veterans Compiling the Names. During and after the fact that names were entered with the Memorial Fund that it be built on this the Vietnam war, the Department of De last name first, followed by the first name, site. fense compiled a list of 57,708 war zone middle name and generational suffix. For Of all the proposals submitted, this casualties according to criteria set in a the names to be inscribed and typeset with most clearly meets the spirit and formal Presidential directive. This number in the first name, middle initial, last name CONTINUED ON PACE 34 cluded those still officially considered miss- CONTINUED ON PACE 34 9 on Patriotism True patriotism 1s more than getting a lump in your throat when the flag passes by. It involves determination on your part to see that America remains free. It involves your willingness to put the best interest of the nation ahead of your own self-interest. Single interests may be important. But the art of democracy is the ability to recognize the common good. The ability to give, not just to take. 231 million people can pull our nation apart or pull it together. Which way did you pull today? Q Un11cd T..cbnok,g:,cs Corpounon 1981 How we perform as individuals will determine how we perform as a nation. FREE: If you would like an 8½ •x 11" reprint of this message, write to Harry J. Gray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Technologies, Box 360, Hartford, CT 06141 BOARD OF DI RECTO Chairman Treasurer Ronald F. Gibbs * John P. Wheeler Ill * Robert H. Frank, C.P.A. Assoc. Director, National Assn. Attorney at Law Partner of Counties (on leave of absence Frank, Stefanou and Company attending Harvard Un iversity, John F. Kennedy School of Govt.) George W. Mayo, Jr. Esq.* John C. Morrison, Esq.* Richard Radez * John 0. Woods, Jr. * Partner Attorney at Law Vice President Vice President Hogan & Hartson Kiefer & Morrison Planning and Marketing FOE Ltd. Consulting Engineers Barclays Bank International Ltd. "I began in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "I became involved in the Memorial Fund Fund because it represented an opportunity out of a personal sense of commitment that to work with other Vietnam veterans in a all those who served and died in Vietnam much needed effort to heighten the visibility cannot be forgotten nor lost in our nations of, and sensitivity to, the contributions, and history. I believe we must put aside whether sacrifice ofAmericas Vietnam veterans. the war was right or wrong and recognize Having achieved a success that far exceeded with honor and dignity all those who served my initial expectations, the Memorial in our country. I felt that a memorial would future years will hopefully not only provide a serve as a reminder to the American people in tangible symbol of recognition for the the generations to come of the sacrifice our Vietnam veteran, but also will continue to be nation made in the Vietnam War. " a catalyst for dialogue and analysis leading - Ronald F. Gibbs ultimately to national reconciliation regarding our countrys part in the Vietnam war. " - George Mayo, Jr. , Esq. *Served in Vietnam 11- STAFF MEMBE \ Jan C. Scruggs7 Robert W Doubek: President Project Director Back row (L to R): Robert Doubek, Karen Bigelow, Sandie Fauriol, Jan Scruggs, Robert Carter, Kelvin Hunter. Middle row: Christopher Crane (intern), Keith Cunningham (intern). Front row: Kathy Uflson, Chelette Johnson, Kathie Kielich, Dorsey Franks, Ruth Murdock. Col. Robert A. Carter,* Sandie Fauriol , USAF, Ret. , Director, NSW For serving so Executive Vice President bravely in Vietnam, we salute you. Col. Kelvin Hunter,* Karen K. Bigelow, USA, Ret. , Parade Deputy Director, NSW Coordinator, NSW *Served in Vietnam WMF salutes its own! Special thanks to Bob Carter and Kathie Kielich for keeping us all "marching along together" always and in all ways! Also to Ruth Murdock, Chelette Johnson, Kathy Wilson and Dorsey Franks for efforts above and beyond the call of duty! John H ancock Mutual Life Insu rance Company, Boston, M A 0 2117 and affiliated companies. 12 MAJOR DONORS During VVMFs two year campaign, over 500,000 individuals, companies, foundations, and civic and veterans organizations contributed a total of$7 million to build a long overdue tribute to all Americans who served in the Vietnam war. 'T'L , ,.._ , ______" - ' -··-·- - ' L ·· · ' · ' ' gift from the American people to the nation. 1b everyone who contributed his special project, we say THANK YOU! cial recognition for their significant generosity that hastened the day when tin the Vietnam war became a reality. ~~ Sandie Fauriol Director of the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans ~EFACTOR: $50,000+ oco Foundation sso,OOO • Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. sso,OOO • ~ (employee & company match)* S64,467 • Dallas Community Chest Trust J • Houston Endowment Inc . sso,OOO • The LTV Corporation* S7J,058 • Foreign Wars of the U.S. s2sO,OOO RON: $25,000-$49,999 • AMVETS SJ6,900 • AT&T (incl. Western Electric & C&P Tele ,000 • The Gulf Oil Corporation s25,ooo • IBM s35,ooo • Illinois Cam- 64 • John Hancock Charitable Trust s2s,ooo • Lilly Endowment, :d s2s,OOO • Shell Oil Companies Foundation s35,ooo • Sun Com ack s25,ooo • Texaco Philanthropic Foundation s30,ooo \JSOR: $10,000-$24,999 '0,000 • Dresser Industries, Inc. s20,ooo • DuPont SJ0,000 • The Florida The FMC Corporation SJ0,000 • General Electric SJ0,000 • General • Grumman Aerospace SJ0,000 • The Honeywell Fund SJ0,000 • Hughes od of Boiler Makers, Iron Shi)) Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Hel :legraph SJ0,000 • The J.M. Foundation SJ0,000 • MCA Inc. SJ0,000 • I Lynch & Company SJS,000 • Norton Simon Inc. SJ0,000 • Pepsico 1orial Foundation SJ0,000 • The Pfizer Foundation SJ0,000 • Raytheon ---.------.---,,--,,...... ---...... ----,rT TT,"TTTT..--.O-C,7<7<>7TTI7rrr-...... e""r""n""'at"'"IO""n.....,...-aI Corporation Trust SJ0,000 • Samuel H. Kress Foundation SJ0,000 • Southwestern Bell s20,000 • Sunstrand Corporation SJ0,000 • Tiger International (employee gifts & co . match)* s22,082 • Time Inc. SJ0,000 • The Times-Mirror Foundation SJ0,000 • Union Pacific Foundation SJ0,000 • United Steel Workers of America SJ4,500 • United Technologies SJ0,000 • The Western Company of North America SJS,000 • Xerox Corporation SJ0,000 CONTRIBUTOR: $5,000-$9,999 J Aetna Life Insurance Company ss,OOO • American Can Company ss,ooo • Beech Aircraft ss,ooo • Capital Cities Communications, Inc. s7,500 • Castle and Cook, Inc . ss,ooo • The Coca-Cola Company ss,ooo • Conoco ss,ooo • Control Data ss,ooo • F.M. Kirby Foundation Inc. ss,ooo • Fairchild Industries s6,000 • Federal Express ss,ooo • The Garrett Corporation ss,ooo • Gould Foundation ss,ooo • The Hershey Fund ss,ooo • Heublein Founda tion ss,OOO • Houston Natural Gas S6,000 • Idaho Vietnam Veterans Association ss,027 • Johnson & Johnson ss,ooo • Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. ss,ooo • Latrobe Brewing Company ss,ooo • Lockheed s7,ooo • Lone Star Indus tries ss,ooo • Lone Star Steel Company ss,ooo • Mapco s6,000 • Martin Marietta s6,500 • Minnesota Dept. of Veterans Affairs ss,186 • Missouri Pacific Railroad Company ss,ooo • North American Philips s5,ooo • Northrop Corporation s7,soo • Olin Corporation (company & employee gifts)* s7,323 • Owens-Illinois ss,060 • Phillips Petro leum ss,ooo • The Prudential Foundation s6,000 • R.J. Reynolds Industries ss,ooo • R.R . Donnelley & Sons ss,ooo • Reader 's Digest ss,ooo • Sea-Land Industries, Inc. ss,ooo • The Seagram Fund ss,ooo • The Signal Companies, Inc. ss,ooo • SmithKline Corporation ss,ooo • Southern Pacific Company ss,OOO • Sterling Drug, Inc. ss,ooo • TRW Inc. ss,OOO • Teledyne, Inc . s6,500 • U.S. Air ss,OOO • United Services Automobile Association ss,ooo • Whittaker Corporation ss,ooo • William Wrigley Jr. Company ss,ooo •employee and company matched gift 13 STAFF MEMBERS Back row (L to R): Robert Doubek, Karen Bigelow, Sandie Faun"ol, Jan Scruggs, Robert Carter, Kelvin Hunter. Middle row: Christopher Crane (intern), Keith Cunningham (intern). Front row: Kathy l#lson, Chelette Johnson, Kathie Kielich, Dorsey Franks, Ruth Murdock. For serving so bravely in Vietnam, we salute you. Col. Kelvin Hunter,* Karen K. Bigelow, USA, Ret. , Parade Deputy Director, NSW Coordinator, NSW *Served in Vietnam WMF salutes its own! Special thanks to Bob Carter and Kathie Kielich for keeping us all "marching along together" always and in all ways! Also to Ruth Murdock, Chelette Johnson, Kathy Wilson and Dorsey Franks for efforts above and beyond the call of duty! John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA 0 21 17 and affil iated companies. 12 MAJOR DONORS During WMFs two year campaign, over 500,000 individuals, companies, foundations, and civic and veterans organizations contributed a total of $7 million to build a long overdue tribute to all Americans who served in the Vietnam war. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is truly a gift from the American people to the nation. 7b everyone who contributed their time, money, effort, and, above all love to this special project, we say THANK YOU! The donors listed on this page deserve special recognition for their significant generosity that hastened the day when our dream of honoring all Americans who served in the Vietnam war became a reality. ~~ Sandie Fauriol Director of the ational Salute to Vietnam Veterans BENEFACTOR: $50,000+ The American Legion 51,000,000 • The Amoco Foundation 550,000 • Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 550,000 • Atlantic Richfield 550,000 • Boeing Company (emp loyee & company match)* 564,467 • Dallas Community Chest Trust Fund 5170,000 • Exxon Corporation 575,000 • Houston Endowment Inc. 550,000 • The LTV Corporation* 571,058 • Mobil Oil Corporation 550,000 • Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 5250,000 PATRON: $25,000-$49,999 American Express Foundation* 525,000 • AMVETS 536,900 • AT&T (incl. Western Electric & C&P Tele phone) 525,000 • Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 540,000 • The Gulf Oil Corporation 525,000 • IBM 535,000 • Illinois Cam paign, Alf Thompson, Coordinator 534,664 • John Hancock Charitable Trust 525,000 • Lilly Endowment, Inc. 525,000 • Phillip Morris Incorporated 525,000 • Shell Oil Companies Foundation 535,000 • Sun Com pany 535,241 • Tandy Corporation/Radio Shack 526,000 • Texaco Philanthropic Foundation 530,000 SPONSOR: $10,000-$24,999 Cities Service 518,200 • David Rockefeller 510,000 • Dresser Industries, Inc. 520,000 • DuPont 510,000 • The Florida Jaycees (Bill Boe, Coordinator) 522,750 • The FMC Corporation 510,000 • General Electric 510,000 • General Foods 510,000 • Getty Oil Company 515,000 • Grumman Aerospace 510,000 • The Honeywell Fund 510,000 • Hughes Aircraft 512,000 • International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Shi)) Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Hel pers 510,942 • International Telephone & Telegraph 510,000 • The J.M . Foundation 510,000 • MCA Inc. 510,000 • Marine Corps Association 510,000 • Merrill Lynch & Company 515,000 • Norton Simon Inc. 510,000 • Pepsico Foundation Inc. 510,000 • Peter Gallo Memorial Foundation 510,000 • The Pfizer Foundation 510,000 • Raytheon Company 510,000 • Rockwell International Corporation Trust 510,000 • Samuel H. Kress Foundation 510,000 • Southwestern Bell 520,000 • Sunstrand Corporation 510,000 • Tiger International (employee gifts & co. match)* 522,082 • Time Inc. 510,000 • The Times-Mirror Foundation 510,000 • Union Pacific Foundation 510,000 • United Steel Workers of America 514,500 • United Technologies 510,000 • The Western Company of orth America 515,000 • Xerox Corporation 510,000 CONTRIBUTOR: $5,000-$9,999 5 5 J Aetna Life Insurance Company 5,000 • American Can Company 5,000 • Beech Aircraft 55,000 • Capital Cities Communications, Inc. 57,500 • Castle and Cook, Inc. 55,000 • The Coca-Cola Company 55,000 • Conoco 55,000 • Control Data 55,000 • F.M. Kirby Foundation Inc . ss,ooo • Fairchild Industries 56,000 • Federal Express 55,000 • The Garrett Corporation 55,000 • Gould Foundation 55,000 • The Hershey Fund 55,000 • Heublein Founda tion 55,000 • Houston Natural Gas 56,000 • Idaho Vietnam Veterans Association 55,027 • Johnson & Johnson 55,000 • Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. 55,000 • Latrobe Brewing Company 55,000 • Lockheed 57,000 • Lone Star Indus tries 55,000 • Lone Star Steel Company 55,000 • Mapco 56,000 • Martin Marietta 56,500 • Minnesota Dept. of Veterans Affairs 55,186 • Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 55,000 • North American Philips 55,000 • Northrop Corporation 57,500 • Olin Corporation (company & employee gifts)* 57,323 • Owens-Illinois 55,060 • Phillips Petro leum 55,000 • The Prudential Foundation 56,000 • R.J . Reynolds Industries 55,000 • R.R. Donnelley & Sons 55,000 • Reader 's Digest 55,000 • Sea-Land Industries, Inc. 55,000 • The Seagram Fund 55,000 • The Signal Companies, Inc. 55,000 • SmithKline Corporation 55,000 • Southern Pacific Company 55,000 • Sterling Drug, Inc. ss,ooo • TRW Inc. 58,000 • Teledyne, Inc. 56,500 • U.S. Air 55,000 • United Services Automobile Association 55,000 • Whittaker Corporation 55,000 • William Wrigley Jr. Company 55,000 *employee and company matched gift 13 THE VIETNAM WAR NEWSLETTER salutes the Vietnam veteran , the Directors and Staff of the VVM F, and all of you wonderful Americaris whose unwavering support has meant so much to us! *********************************** In March of 1979, Tom Hebert , a forme r Free bonus! When you subscribe to the Vietnam War Marine and Vietnam veteran , publ ished the Newsletter, you will receive absolutely free with the first issue of the Vietnam War Newsletter. first issue , the Vietnam Booklist . It contains complete There were less than a dozen readers and details on nearly 450 books which deal directly with the VWN was only one page long . Forty-four Vietnam . Surely , it contains books that will be of im monthly issues have now been published , mense interest and value to you . If you walk into your the readership is several thousand strong local bookstore , looking for books on the Nam , you 'll and the VWN has grown to twe lve pages find a handful or less . This means that very few books monthly plus an Advertising Supplement . are being published on Nam .. . right? Wrong ! In the last two years , Tom 's received over 200 new books from publishers . The Vietnam Booklist and the Vietnam War The Vietnam War Newsletter is the on ly Newsletter will tell you everything you need to know publi cation of its kind in the cou ntry. It is a about them , including a mail order address . gold-mine of valuable information for the Vietnam veteran , Vietn am veteran su p- <'r Lifetime memberships - Tom has made a lifetime com porters and those with a historical interest in ; L . mitme nt to the Vietnam War Newsletter . Already , the war . Ove r the last to ur years , the VW N ~ nearl y 100 Nam vets have made a similar commit has developed a network of rel iable ment. Li fetime membership means uninterrupted year sources -- pu blishers , ma il order bookstore s, after-year enjoyable reading with no further charge . It so uveni r collectors, we ll over 100 Vietnam also means ... a free copy of all updates to the Vietnam vete rans org anizatio ns , and the be st source Booklist , a 20% discount on all books purchased from of all, readers wh o cl ip newspaper and the Vietnam Bookstore and special lower prices on all mag azine arti cles and send in anything they products sold by the Newsletter . A great way to fight can find . inflation ! *********************************** Here is just some of what you've missed in past issues . . . . . *Information on these organizations-The 101 st ABN Div Assn , Chute & Dagger (insignia collecting), Jewish War Veterans Assn , Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel , First Cavalry Div Assn , Vietnam Veterans , Inc ., 4th Inf (IVY) Div Assn , The Vietnam Project (television documentary production ), The Vietnam Experience and Vietnam : Reflexes and Reflections (Vietnam artist exhibits ), several Agent Orange and MIA groups , Society of the 173d Airborne Bde , The 1st and 3rd Mar Div Assns , American Legion and VFW Posts for Nam vets only , Vietnam War Vete ra ns History and Archives Center, Com -Vets , Special Forces Assn , Athens Vietnam Vets Assn , Brotherhood of Vietn am Veterans , American Veterans Memorial Foundation , Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program , Vet Centers of both the VA and the DAV , Vietnam Veterans United , Red River Valley Pilots Assn , Vietnam Vets of Illinois , United Vietnam Veterans Organ ization , Viet Ve t House , DEROS (Vietnam poetry publ ication ), Saigon Mission Assn , Nam Vets of Georgia , The Special Elite Forces Society , Vietnamese Veterans of Oregon , 25th Inf Div Assn , America! Division , Survivors of Sacrifice , Mere School , etc. , etc . * Newspaper Articles - many hundreds--all summarized . It's like having your own clipping service! * Magazine Articles - over 100 references to articles appearing in a wide variety of periodicals . * Book Previews and Reviews - complete details on hundreds of books on Nam . * Products - t-shirts , records , posters , patches , war games , flags , maps , bumper stickers , jewelry , ties , etc ., etc. * Readers Column - hundreds of entries by Nam vets , most of whom are look ing for their Nam buddies . Someone could be looking for you! * Features - Nam vet reaction to El Salvador , A Guide to the Movies Parts I & II (57 feature films and documentaries) , Vietnam Veterans in Congress , the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington , D.C. , the controversial trips to Hanoi by the VVA , Vietnam author in terviews , etc ., etc . * Updates on Continuing Stories - the MIAs , Agent Orange , Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder . * Advertising Sup plement - Newsletter advertisers offered these products and services--Vietnam Journal (quarterly publication) , Death From Above Playing Cards , book suppliers (new and used ), buy / sell / swap publications , combat audio recordings , a Vietnam photo service , Vietnam video re cordings , I-shirts , posters , patches , decals , military surplus , and a Vietnam Tribute Combat Knife , among many other items. *********************************** To subscribe or become a lifetime member order from (payment must be enclosed): Vietnam War Newsletter, Box 122, Collinsville, CT 06022 One year, 12 issues, free booklist $16.00 Vietnam Booklist only $7.50 Two years, 24 issues, free booklist $29.00 Back issues $1.50 Lifetime membership, all future issues, free booklist $150.00 Money-back guarantee -If unhappy with the first few issues , simply return them and I 'II promptly refund the entire subscription fee. ALL ISSUES MAILED FIRST CLASS! WASHINGTON, D .C . 20510 Dear Fellow Americans: Dear Fellow Americans: The dedication of the Vietnam Veterans For the 2 .7 million Americans who served and Memorial and the National Salute to Vietnam the 57,939 who gave the ultimate sacrifice, the Veterans marks a milestone in American history. It National Salute to Vietnam Veterans is more than gives Vietnam veterans their rightful place of five days' worth of recognition, and the Vietnam honor beside the men and women who fought and Veterans Memorial is more than a stone edifice. They served in all of America's wars. represent the realization that those who fought in that war, who fought not for glory, but for freedom, When the idea for the memorial was suggested to did so with no less dedication than our forefathers. me by Jan Scruggs, I saw that it would be not only a symbol of our Nation's gratitude to those who served The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a lasting in Vietnam, but also a symbol of the reconciliation tribute to the service and dedication of Americans and reunion that preserves us as a Nation. who fought in that divisive war, has been erected on one of the most hallowed pieces of ground in our With best wishes, nation. The memories of the 57,939 lost are forever embraced by our first President, George Washington Sincerely, - whose memorial is at the left, and the memorial of President Lincoln at the right-our President who taught us the meaning of freedom and equal justice for all. ~A~~£ And soon, on those same grounds, will be built a United States Senator memorial to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence who, beginning on July 4th, 1776, made sacrifices to bring forth in our land the freedom we enjoy today. Their sacrifices were no less, no greater, to preserve freedom than those made by the veterans of Vietnam 200 years later. I pray God that this nation never again must send forth men and women to make such sacrifices in the cause offreedom. But, if this nation does respond to that call, then let us remember the lesson of Vietnam. For victory can only be ours ifwe support and follow those who must fight to preserve it. Sincerely, 7~ ~ ::naw,..._r __,.. 0 Vielnam Velerans Memorial Fund 1110 Vermont Avenue, NW Suite 308, Washington D.C. 20005 NATIONA L SPONSORI NG Howard Cosell The Hon. Robert P. Nimmo CORP ORATE ADVISORY John G. McElwee Gen. Michael S. Davison, USA. Ret. • Nancy Reagan President COMMITTEE BOA RD John Hancock Mutual Former Commander-in-Chief. Carl T. Rowan Life Insurance Company Arnold ·Red~ Auerbach U.S. Army, Europe Willie Stargell Chai rman Pearl Bailey The Hon . Gerald R. Ford Roger Staubach• Paul Thayer J. Richard Munro President Marion S. Barry, Jr. and Mrs. Ford Chairman of the Board Jimmy Stewart 71me, l nc. Mayor Ph ilip Ceyelin and Chief Executive Officer The Hon. Cyrus R. Vance Edmund T. Pratt. Jr. District of Columbia Barry Goldwater Gen. John W. Vessy, Jr. • The LTV Corporation Rocky Bleier• United States Senator Chairman of/he Board Chairman, Joint Chiefs ofStaff Vice Chairmen Pfizer, Inc. Ruben Bonilla from Arizona John W. Warner August A. Busch, Ill Lloyd N. Unsell league of United Latin Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. United States Senator Amen·can Citizens (LUL4C) Chairman and President Executive Vice President University ofNotre Dame from Virginia Anheuser-Busch Companies. Inc. The Hon. Ellsworth Bunker Independent Petroleum Bob Hope Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Ret. • John M. Henske A.ssocialion o!America Carol Burnett Gen. David C. Jones. USAF (Ret.) • Former Chief ofStaff, U.S. Army President and Chief T.A. Wilson Jose Cano Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The Hon. Joseph C. Zengerle* Executive Officer American G.l. Forum of the U.S. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer National Urban league •served in Vietnam Olin Corporation Boeing Company Rosalynn Carter Michael J. Kogutek Wayne M. Hoffman The Hon. Max Cleland• American legion Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Hon. Baltasar Corrada The Hon. George McGovern 71ger International lj THEVFW Working for Vietnam Veterans The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Salute all Vietnam Veterans. Members of the VFW have contributed more than $300,000 toward the construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and are proud to be participating in this national tribute to those who served their country. WHAT IS THE VFW? WE CAN HELP The Veterans of Foreign Wars While the VFW is proud of its is an organization of wartime service to veterans of World veterans who served overseas War I, World War II and Korea, in the Armed Forces of the we recognize the needs and United States united to difficulties Vietnam Veterans have preserve and strengthen had in successfully readjusting comradeship among its and we are proud of our members, to assist worthy efforts to assist them by Comrades, to perpetuate promoting legislative the memory and history of and Administration our dead and to assist their policies designed for widows and orphans, to this purpose and through maintain true allegiance to the the service work that our Government of the United over 9,700 Posts perform States, to foster true patriotism throughout this country that and to preserve and defend assists veterans of all the United States. ages and conflicts. = SCHEDULE OF EVENTS== NOVEMBER 10 -14, 1982 • WASHINGTON, D.C. GENERAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 INFORMATION 10 am-midnight, Fri. Nov. 12: Candlelight Vigil at the Nati onal Cathedral, National Wisconsin and Massachusetts Ave. NW. Cathedral WMF Office: An around-the-clock candlelight vigil to remember those telephone: 659-2490. Americans killed or missing in Vietnam will be held. The schedule for the 56-hour reading of the 57,939 names is • as follows : Vietnam Veterans Memorial location: Constitution Avenue at Wednesday, Nov. 10 Henry Bacon Drive, NW. Metro 10 am-3:55 pm War Memorial Chapel 4:15 pm-midnight Bethlehem Chapel stop: Foggy Bottom, Blue or Orange line. Thursday, ov. 11: Midnight-7 am Bethlehem Chapel • 10 am -3:55 pm War Memorial Chapel Candlelight Vigil schedules are 4:15 pm -midnight Bethlehem Chapel available at most hotels, - registration sites, and National Friday, 1ov. 12: 1 Utt Cathedral. Midnight-7 am Bethlehem Chapel 1 • 10 am-3:55 pm War Memorial Chapel rr . · ' r; 4 J5 pm-m;dn;ght Bethlehem Chapel - ._ Metro (subway) maps and ii( __ :,:_ rr National Salute schedules are 1\vo volunteers will alternate :· · .... \ 1 I available at most hotels and :···· I...; :. ., registration sites. ~e;~;_n8nn:~e~uda~~~~gh~~~h o~~lf- ·tEt,\ (. " · ,-, • volunteer will read a prayer; four ,,.. tr• ·· ~ : ,, . Hotels where many activities different prayers representing the Roman .... . ~·. I · > ,. . .~.... ! ' • 111 occur: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Unitarian -~ -~ ,,c.!!"!!!-'."!!'la.-..-' faiths will be heard. (See page 32) Sheraton Washington Hotel A schedule is available giving the half-hour interval during which names will be read in their (VVMF Headquarters Hotel) alphabetical order. 2660 Woodley Rd. NW (Woodley at Connecticut Ave. Shuttle buses to and from the National Cathedral (with stops at the Hotel Washington , Capital NW) Hilton , Mayflower Hotel, and the Sheraton Washington) are being offered during the vigil, courtesy of The American Legion. For information, contact The American Legion registration area at the Washington, DC 20008 Capital Hilton, phone 393-1000. (202) 328-2000 Metro stop: Woodley Park-Zoo, Red Line 9 am-5 pm , November 10-12: Veterans of Foreign Wars Exhibits. Sheraton Washing • ton Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, and Wash Hotel Washington ington Hotel , 15 & Pa. Ave. NW, for VFW 15th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW members and guests. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 638-5900 Metro stop: Metro Center, • Blue, Orange, or Red Line • Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 (202)347-3000 Metro stop: Farragut North, Red Line 17 SCHEDULE OF THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 VETERANS DAY THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL All-day Workshops by the Vietnam Veterans of America on issue-oriented topics of par IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ticular interest to Vietnam era veterans will EVERY DAY FROM be held at the Dupont Plaza Hotel , 1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW, continuing on Nov. 12. 8AMto5 PM. For information call the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 483-6000 or the WA at 546-3700. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 9: 15 am: Veterans of Foreign Wars Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery. All-day Workshops by the Vietnam Veterans of America on issue-oriented topics of par COLLECTOR 'S ITEM 12 am-7 am; 10 am-midnight: Candlelight ticular interest to Vietnam era veterans will Vigil continues, National Cathedral. be held at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New a presentation of Hampshire Ave., NW. For more information musle masters, ltd. 11 am: Veterans Day Ceremony, Arlington call the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 483-6000 , or the Cemetery. Traditional wreath laying cere WA at 546-3700. mony, hosted by the Veterans Administration 8 am-5 pm : Family Tours of Washington. For and co-hosted by the Congressi onal Medal of information, contact the American Legion Jimmy Case - Honor Society. Registration Area at the Capital Hilton Hotel , TRIBUTE TO THE 16th & K Sts. NW, 393-1000. 1 pm: " o Greater Love " Children place VIETNAM VETERAN flowers at Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Fol 9 am-9 pm: Unit Reunion Registration con-· lowing the Veterans Day Ceremony at Ar tinues (see November 11 listing). A musical salute to the 2.7 million who served , featuring country music entertainer lington Cemetery, children of men and 10 am-6 pm : Open House hosted by the Vi et Jimmy Case, backed by a galaxy of Nash women who died or remain missing in Viet nam Veterans of America, AMVETS and Stars ville ·s best vocalists and instrumentalists. nam honor the memories of their parents at and Stripes at the National Tribune Building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. with Happy Hour from 6-7:30 pm and recep Jimmy and his group have per1ormed for service tion from 7:30 to midnight. men and women all over the world. In Vietn am and 2 pm-9 pm: Unit Reunion Registration. Thailand al one-over 1000 show appeara nces 12 am-7 am; 10 am-midnight: Candlelight Army-Sheraton Washington Hotel , Exhibit Vigil, National Cathedral. Vigil concludes at Hall C, 2660 Woodley Ave. , Nw. Incl uded are the songs that were most reque sted midnight. when Jimmy was tou ring Vietnam: " Green . Green Navy & Marines-Hotel Washington, Wash 10 am-4 pm: Veterans of Foreign Wars Open Grass of Home ". " Fight in ' Side of Me ". " Okie ington Ballroom, 15 & Pennsylvania Ave. NW. House. VFW Memorial Building, 200 Mary From Mu skogee ·. " Country Roads". " I Wanta Air Force & Coast Guard-Mayflower Hotel , land Ave. NE. Go Home (Det roi t Ci ty)". and many others . State Room, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW. 10 am-11:45 am: Panel on Agent Orange. $3 00 from each album sale wi ll be donated to a Open Stage entertainment by Vietnam vets Cannon Caucus Room, 345 Cannon House Musical Scholars hip Fund for the Children of the featuring M.C. John E. Wain (John Wayne) Office Bldg. Sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Vietnam War Vete ra ns· Fund. to be administered and a display of works of art by veterans and of America, Inc., and co-sponsored by Viet by the Trust Dept of a large Nashville . TN . bank the military services will be open at the nam Veterans in Congress. Sheraton Washington Hotel, Exhibit Hall C, Loretta Lynn : "Jimmy has put more time during the reunion registration hours. 1 pm-5 pm : Jewish War Veterans of the USA and effort into entertaining our service men Open House. National Headquarters, 1712 aH over the wortd than anyone I know, and I Rooms have been reserved at the Sheraton New Hampshire Ave. Nw. love him for it. Buying this double album Washington for the following unit reunions gives you a chance to get some line enter (exact time and locations available at three 1:30 pm-3 pm: Panel on Post Traumatic tainment and help a good cause at the registration sites): Stress Disorder. Cannon Caucus Room, 345 same time. That Jimmy. ain 't he some Cannon House Office Bldg. Co-sponsored by thing?" 101st Airborne Division Association WAandWJC. Society of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Here's how to get yours: Society of The Big Red One 2 pm-5 pm: Red Cross Open House. Vietnam 25th Infantry Division Association veterans and their families are invited to at It's s1mp1e1 Send S14.95 + S1 .80 postage and MACV tend. Red Cross National Headquarters, 17th handling for each album, 8 track. or casse tt e 1st CAV Division Association St. between D & E Streets NW. ordered to Special Forces 3 pm-8 pm: Gold Star Open House . Open Futu re Sound Marketing, Inc. House for families of those killed and missing 556 Augusta Drive 3 pm-4 pm: Red Cross Special POW Recep in Vietnam, hosted by the American Gold Star Hermitage, TN 37076 tion. Red Cross Room of the National Red Mothers, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Cross Headquarters, 17th Street between D & Independence Ave. SW. (Federal Center SW Enclose a check. money order. or your VISA. E Streets NW for Vietnam POW's and their Metro Stop, Blue or Orange line.) families. MasterCard . or American Express account number 5 pm-7 pm: VFW Reception. Beer bust in and exp1rat1011 date 8 pm: Veterans Day Concert, U.S. Army cluding hot dogs and baked beans. Sheraton Washington Hotel, Ballroom, 2660 Woodley To order phone, just call: Band. Col. Eugene All en, USA , Leader by Conductor. Free to Public. Departmental Rd.NW. Toll Free Auditorium between 12th & 14th St., Con 5 pm-9 pm: American Legion Open House 1-800-251-3550 EXT. 42 stitution Ave. NW. featuring music of the Vietnam Era. Capital 18 EVENTS Hilton, Presidential Ballroom, 16 & K Sts. NW. No admission charge; cash bar. Guests are encouraged to contact their respective American Legion state representatives at the Open House. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 10 am -1 pm: Parade in Tribute to Vietnam Veterans . Vietnam veterans, military contin gents, and others march by state down Con stitution Avenue toward the Vietnam Veter Beautiful white oval (2 ¾" x I ¾ ") with ans Memorial. brilliant full-color logo, sturdy pin. S1 .25 , Noon : Flyby, US Air Force and US Navy 911tto11s postage included. F-4's, and US Army Helicopters will fl y down Independence Avenue. One size fits all , heavy duty, nifty cap, dark 2:30 pm: Dedication of the Vietnam Veterans blue brim, white front with full-color logo, Memorial. The memorial site is in Constitu t1ats webbed back. S7.00, postage included. tion Gardens, between Constitution Avenue and Henry Bacon Drive W. 50% cotton/ SO% polyester, top quality, white SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 shi rt, dark blue neck and arm trim, beautiful 11 am: Eucharist Service at the National Ca T-Shirts three-color National Sa lute logo on chest. thedral. Eucharist service will remember all S 7 .00, postage included. (S, M, L, XL) veterans and pray for the reconciliation of divisions in our nation caused by the Viet nam War. Wisconsin and Massachusetts Ave. ITEMS SENT PREPAID TO YOU BY CHRISTMAS. NW. O RDER N OW- Send order for Buttons, Hats, T-Shirts- (specify size) Nationwide Religious Services and Prayers in and check or money order made payable to Tyl Associates remembrance and honor of all Americans (ci uthorized agent), who served in Vietnam. EMERGENCY Tyl Associates, Inc., Box 927, Mclean, VA 22101. COUNSELING SERVICES From November 10 through ovember 14, , emergency counseling services will be pro- vided in Washington by Vietnam Veteran coun- selors from Vet Centers. Contact with coun- selors in a variety of locations can be made as Are you a follows: * * Sheraton-Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at Connecticut Ave. NW. The telephone Cold Star parent number is 328-2000. Ask for the "Vet Center " extension (Idaho and Wisconsin Rooms). A mobi le van (RV) on the Vietnam Veterans in need of Memorial grounds near the Memorial, marked "Vet Center. " Hotel Washington, 15th & Pennsylvan ia Ave . reasonable housing? NW. The telephone number is 638-5900. Ask for the "Vet Center " extension. A beautiful apartment complex for Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave ., Nvv, Gold star Mothers phone 347-3000; ask for the "Vet Center" ex- tension. (Mothers who have lost a son or Washington Vet Center, 709 Eighth St. SE. The te lephone numbers are 745-8400, 745- daughter in the United States armed services) 8401 , or 745-8403 (near the Eastern Market and their husbands, is located in Long Beach. Metro Stop, Blue and Orange lines). Silver Spring Vet Center, 8121 Georgia Ave., near the Silver Spring Metro Stop (Red line). For information, write or call This is on the 5th Floor of the World Bu ilding, Suite 500. Open mid-November. Counselors will be identifiable by arm bands American Cold star with the words "Vet Center." The National Salute is an event of great im- portance to all Vietnam veterans. Vet Center Manor counselors are ava ilable to help you as well as others who may need assistance 3021 Gold Star Drive, Long Beach, CA 90810 (213)426-7651 ' ~ _19 ------ASSEtfBIX AREA ORDER OF MARCH & PARTICIPANTS LEAD GRAND MARSHAL 3. DIVISION B 5. DIVISION D PARADE COMMITTEE DMSION Idaho Puerto Rico Daniel Burkhardt Police & Police Color Guard Illinois Rhode Island American Legion Vietnam Veterans Memorial Grand Marshal Steve Kanaly South Carolina Gordon Mansfield Fund Staff Indiana South Dakota Paralyzed Veterans of America Colonial Fife & Drum Corps Iowa Tennessee Ken Berez Colonial Colors Kansas Grand Marshal Vietnam Veterans of America Commanders-in Chief's Guard Kentucky MG Robert D. Beckel Paul Miller Flags of the U.S. Louisiana CMS of the Air Force Military District of U.S. Army Green Berets Grand Marshals Arthur L. Andrews Washington Lead Grand Marshal-LTC Massed Colors UVVO Float Mark Murray Ronald E. Ray (USA-Ret) MG Stephen G. Olmstead Texas Military District of Nitehawks Color Guard 1st Sgt Joseph R. Means Utah Washington Massed State & Territorial Flags Maine Massed Colors LCDR Donald Lewis Theme Float-"Marching Along Maryland Vermont Department of Defense Together Again " Massachusetts Platoon, Virginia Military Marty Walsh Massed Colors Grand Marshal Academy United Way U.S. Coast Guard Band Michigan Virginia Linda Van Devanter Commander of Troops & Staff Minnesota Grand Marshal John L. Levitow Vietnam Veterans of America Service Academies Grand Marshal Washington Col. (Ret.) Tip Marlow U.S. Army Platoon Maj. Susan Graski West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars U.S . Marine Platoon Mississippi Grand Marshals Chuck Trombetta Joint Services Color Guard Missouri RADM Paul A. Yost Bob Ashworth U.S. Navy Platoon Grand Marshal Everet Alvarez Master Chief William Wells AMVETS U.S. Air Force Platoon USO Float - Miss Mary1ana Wisconsin Steve Anderson U.S. Coast Guard Platoon Show Wyoming Paralyzed Veterans of America Honorary Grand Marshals Float - Veterans Choral Group Chuck Jackson Three Gold Star Mothers 4. DIVISION C NCOA Don Skinder 2. DIVISION A Montana Veterans Administration Nebraska Dick Bain Veterans Administration Alabama Grand Marshal Gary Maddox Col. John Greenwood Alaska Nevada Marine Corps Association Grand Marshal Rocky Bleier New Hampshire John Stitak Arizona New Jersey AMVETS Arkansas Grand Marshals Jim Hubbard California Commodore John S. Discher Master Chief Billy C. Sander American Legion Grand Marshal Col. (Ret.) Herb Hart Thomas A. Daschle New Mexico New York Reserve Officers Association American Legion Float Dick Galant Colorado Massed Colors Stars and Stripes Float - Chris Military Order of the Purple Massed Colors Heart Connecticut Noel Delaware North Carolina Grand Marshals North Dakota MG Robert Arter Ohio MSG Edward 0. Kinsley Oklahoma District of Columbia Grand Marshal Florida J. Elliott Williams Georgia Oregon Grand Marshal Pennsylvania Brian M. Thacker Platoon of Nurses Guam Float Veterans Organization Float The Colors of the Jewish War Veterans will be carried Hawaii by the American Legion. In deference to the obser Platoon of Red Cross Volunteers vance of the Sabbath, the Jewish War Veterans will (Doughnut Dollies) Red Cross Float - not be marching in the parade. Communications 0 The Vietnam Veterans ..J A Parade Reviewing Area for the handicapped will be 0 Memorial Fund especially C, thanks Captain Thomas available on the Ellipse next to the reviewing stand. z "' C. Shull, USA. whose help E- Handicapped parking is available on the Ellipse, ""C/"J embodied Duty, Honor, >u Country. contact the Paralyzed Veterans of America at (202) z-,,: 652-2135 for a vehicle pass. z 21 .------TRIBUTE TO------ VJETNAM VETERANS ORIGINAL DESIGN BY DR. ROBERT ANGERMAN NUMBER ONE© . . . They will not be forgotten! This Vietnam Veteran Memorial merchandise was developed by Dr. Robert Angerman, designer of the National Symbol of Freedom adopted by the former hostages in Iran . Now, in response to the , . many requests by Vietnam • Veterans the symbol and products will be a positive reminder of their past and an NUMBER O~~ / .• . optimistic statement of their l \ future: \ \ NUMBER O~E T-SHIRT: 100% cotton white shirt with FULL COLOR design. Famous maker. Made in U.S.A. Sizes: S, M, L, XL ...... $ 6.95 BASEBALL SHIRT: White cotton shirt with red Please send all orders and make checks or money orders payable to: ¾ length sleeves and red collar. FULL COLOR design. Made in U.S.A. AMERICA UNITED, INC., Sizes: S, M, L, XL ...... $ 8.95 5800 W. Century Blvd. , P. 0. Box 91740, SWEATSHIRT: Long-Sleeve Heather-Grey Sweatshirt. FULL COLOR design. Made in Los Angeles, CA 90009 U.S.A. Sizes: S, M, L, XL ...... $12.95 OFFICIAL CAP: Baseball style cap. Red, White, Please indicate quantity, size and add $2.00 and Blue with FULL COLOR design on front. for postage and handling. Made in U.S.A. One Size Fits All. .... $ 6.95 KEY CHAIN: Lucite Key Chain with durable key ring. FULL COLOR design one side with date Satisfaction Guaranteed: If not completely satisfied you may of the salute on the other. A souvenir Must...... $ 2.95 return any merchandise for a complete refund within CLOISONNE PIN: Destinctive lapel pin of 15 days of purchase. Number One design ...... $ 2.95 A Different Perspective Why had America lost direction? Mr. Scruggs, his great WE CAN NOW CELEBRATE staff, his many supporters understood. This was not only a Alf R. Thompson matter of personal recognition and thanks. Something more Veteran, WWI-31st US Infantry fundamental was at stake. Coordinator, WMF Illinois Campaign This memorial program offered each of us, and our businesses, the opportunity to register and vote the commit In the fall of 1979, Jan Scruggs ment that "Never again will America fail to honor and respect phoned and invited me to meet the men and women who offer their lives in the armed forces. " him in Washington about the I know first hand the hardships of military service; the proposed Vietnam Veterans Na loneliness, heartaches, mental and physical anguish. ti onal Memorial. I was im I feel deeply that a nation which fails to honor those pressed and volunteered my who offer their lives in its service - that nation cannot long help. endure. I Here was a young Viet- The national fund raising campaign was difficult. Dif nam veteran wi th both the de fere nces arose about the design of the monument. Rash dication and organizational statements, false information poisoned many minds. Delays ability to put together a pro were frustrating. gram for the construction of a national memorial on grounds Now the memorial is in place and paid for by public giving. set aside by Congress. Guidelines had to be established; a suit With this fact we can celebrate-America walks tall and proud. able monument had to be agreed on-a national campaign for We are together again. funds to be organized. Not one cent was to come from govern We thank you -Vietnam veterans for reminding us of ment. This would be a memorial to be paid for in full by gifts our heritage. from the people and businesses of the United States of America. For all of us who felt keenly the lack of public apprecia A MOTHER'S SALUTE tion shown our Vietnam veterans, this program offers fulfill Helen J. Stuber ment of a dream. Here was a task in which all Americans might National President, American Gold Star Mothers participate. Why did we leave it up to a Vietnam veteran to show us It has been said Vietnam was a the way? political police action, but, as a The attitude and behavior of many toward the Vietnam Gold Star Mother, I have faith in veteran shall leave an indelible stain on the parchment of our Country's Leaders, that they patriotic history. would not have used the Viet- . Our compass was tampered with and we lost direction. nam conflict at the expense of Every war this nation has engaged in created divisions the lives of 58,000 young men -civilian, political and media. Washington had Valley Forge; and women to better thei r polit Lincoln the War Between the States; World War I and Kaiser Bill ical stand. The only thing that I found our citizens of German ancestry shunned and even spat have any apprehension about is upon. World War II citizens of Japanese ancestry were interned L______,______~ that I do not think our country in special camps. Korea created its own national debate. How should ever enter into a conflict without the country as whole ever, the veterans of all these conflicts were showered with being behind our Servicemen. I also feel that should we enter a honors. war, we should enter to win and behave Honorably. One of my early memories is having my immigrant On October 11, 1967, my only son L. Cpl. J. Daniel father take me to the railroad station in a small northern Varner, 23, was killed in the Quang Tri Province, Republic of Minnesota town to welcome home a small group of volunteers Vietnam. He was in the First Battalion, 3rd Marines, Company who had followed Teddy Roosevelt in Cuba. "C", Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 9th Marine Amphibious No such welcome for the Vietnam veteran. They served Brigade, FMF, based on the U.S.S. Okinawa, as a field as honorably as all veterans of our other conflicts. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE In addition to military duty during WWI and fund raising for the Mrs. Bill V. Stuber has participated over 40 years in various commu Vietnam Veterans Memorial,AlfThompsons service to America nity and church organizations. In addition to the loss of her son in includes volunteer Red Cross duty in North Africa, Italy and France. Vietnam, Helen's daughter, Judy, was stricken and eventually died at In the late 1960's, he organized a national campaign thanking the age of28 of sleeping sickness. Husband, Bill Stuber, is a commer Vietnam veterans. Alf is a retired independent oil producer and cial pilot and has flown three Military Airlift Command missions, identifies his age as "87 years young!" including the Vietnam Airlift while on active duty with the Navy. At last ... a national tribute and a once in a lifetime opportunity ... A Piece of The Vietnam National Monument original granite can be yours! 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I "Washington , D.C., 1982" is also Memorial in Washington , D.C. , . ·;.,. ' engraved ...... $25.00 ea. engraved on the stone $250 .00 ea. iia·"~.· p .._ REMEMBER ••• A Portion of Your Purchase Goes Directly to Benefit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ! A Different Perspective THE CONTINUED FROM PG. 23 VIETNAM radioman. Dan was married and had a On September 28 , 1982, I had the 6-month-old son, Paul, whom he had privilege of going to the Vietnam Memo VETERANS never seen. rial, so beautifully built. As I saw my own BUCKLE Dan joined the U.S. Marines in son's name there, I had a very deep feeling August 1966. I have no feelings of bitter of sadness but at the same time, a feeling ness, for it was Dan's decision and his of gratitude that the Vietnam Memorial alone to join the U.S.M.C. He felt it was had been built in memory of the young his duty as an American to serve his Coun men and women who paid the supreme try in the Armed Forces. As his mother I sacrifice in Vietnam. It will be a constant say that if my son had to be taken, I thank reminder to our Nation and other nations the Good Lord that he stood up for our that they have not died in vain. Country and not against it. In the hearts of Mothers, the hurt As a Gold Star Mother my heart will never go away. However, we would really ached for the Vietnam Veterans who rather forget the sad tears and remember returned, as I watched them carrying the happy memories of our children. their wounded buddies off the airplanes, The American Gold Star Mothers to go unnoticed or recognized by us , Salute Jan Scruggs and those who have This finely detailed, quality Americans all. I am so grateful after all made the Vietnam Memorial to become a buckle is available in solid these years that the Nation finally will reality. brass at $25.00 each and 24 honor the Vietnam Veterans in our Na The American Gold Star Mothers karat gold/ silver plated at tions Capital. Salute the Wetnam U?terans. $60.00 each. A generous donation has been pledged for the perpetual maintenance of the OUR PRMLEGE TO SERVE Vietnam Veterans Memorial Josephine Blanchard for each buckle sold. LTC, ANC-WRAMC The Vietnam Veteran Buckle is specially made for LTC Josephine Goligoski Blanchard received her B.S. in Nursing Buckle Concepts by Award from Seattle University. Following a six-year civilian nursing career, Design Medals, Inc. and will LTC Blanchard joined the Air Force and within three years began an be numbered in the brass eighteen-month tour of duty in Vietnam, starting in 1967. She series to 10,000 and to 5,000 currently is Chief of Ambulatory Nursing Service at Walter Reed in the 24K group. Hospital in Washington, D.C. The buckle includes a / I gical Hospital, Dong Tam, 45th Surg, Tay double ribbon that can be From the minute the first Nurses Ninh, from Quin Nhon, Phu Bai, Cu Chi , engraved in block style letters landed in the Republic of Vietnam, we Pleiku, Long Binh, and all the hospitals for an additional $5 .00 per were saluted and regarded with honor as where Army Nurses served, the some buckle (maximum 15 letters or we have been in every Combat Zone we times repressed memories return, as we numbers per line) . · have ever served in. Saluted by our so proudly accept this tribute. Please send your personal families, friends , home towns, churches, We, in turn, salute our fellow sol check, money order, Master school children, entertainers, and most diers with whom we served and thank Card or Visa number (with important, by the men and women in uni them for their caring and concern for us expiration date) to: forms we cared for and served along side. - the Artillery personnel who presented Buckle Concepts In April of 1969 the Daughters of us a refrigerator for our quarters, the en the American Revolution presented the gineers who piped in warm water for our 1669 South Voss prestigious Anita Newcomb Ma Gee Award shower, the Air Force pilots who provided Suite 608 to an Army Nurse Captain who had served us with parachutes for our patio, the E-5 Houston, Texas 77057 in Vietnam. As a tribute to all Army who brought us our baby kitten, the In or call 713/780-4431 Nurses who served in Vietnam, the cita fantry soldier who found us a puppy, the tion highlighted the courage and bravery Dust-Off crew who, time after time, al for more information. of all Nurses who saw their duty as being lowed us first class transportation, the wherever the American soldier was sent to Navy Sea Wolves who served us real butter Add $2.00 per order for serve. and ice cream, and all the fighting men shipping and handling. Texas This November as we are rendered who treated us with gratitude and respect residents add 5% sales tax. yet another salute by the Nation we so for just being there. It was, and continues Please allow 4-6 weeks for proudly serve, we again reflect on the ac to be, our privilege to serve wherever and delivery. Satisfaction complishments of the men and women of whenever the United States Army Nurses guaranteed or your money the Army Nurse Corps. From the 3rd Sur- are needed in peace and war. back! 2§ A Different Perspective CONTINUED FROM PC. 25 AND IN WAR AS IN LIFE did not do so in vain. For they fought for something deeply rooted, genuine and worthwhile; they died upholding inherent Richard Kolb Chairman, The Vietnam Veterans Leadership individual values that transcend the politics of war. In many Program of Houston, Inc. instances they sacrificed their own lives for the men they served with. And in war as in life, there is no cause more noble. That the Americans whose names are inscribed on the A KOREAN WAR Memorial are patriots in the VETERAN'S SUPPORT finest sense of the word goes without saying. For if ever there Ralph W. Wadeson, Jr. MD were Americans who exempli fied a sense of devotion to duty it My combat experience as a bat is surely these men. talion surgeon in the Korean When it was far easier to War leads me to support the Na t avoid or evade, 2.6 million men tional Salute to Vietnam Veter and women-almost 10 percent ans and the Vietnam War of an entire generation - accepted the responsibility and Memorial. These are positive served in Vietnam. When it was in vogue to denigrate pat steps and tributes by the Ameri riotism, these people steadfastly defined the meaning of the can public to honor those who concept in deed rather than rhetoric. If ever actions spoke served and their families , espe louder than words, Vietnam service was indeed a case in point. cially those who were wounded, Holding to traditional values exacted a heavy price killed, or missing in action. among Vietnam veterans who, as a distinct minority within a Tragically, Vietnam Veterans were not immediately honored on generation, were far too often stigmatized and ostracized for returning home but, in fact, were treated with hostility by their service. parts of a divided American public that was more violently Homefront society was not prepared to fully accept anti-war than ever in the history of this country. At times the those it had compelled to serve in Vietnam. And sadly, as a Vietnam veteran was treated as if he were the messenger who result, some veterans felt the need to succumb to humiliation brought bad news and was punished for doing so. and achieve that acceptance. That this occurred will not be After my Korean war experience I became a psychiatrist remembered as one of the finest hours in our history. and I have listened to a number of Vietnam veterans describe Perhaps the paramount issue of Vietnam is the one feelings of being rejected and demeaned in public after return most often ignored, and thus denied. The issue - the very ing home from a situation in which they were forced to partici people responsible for our beliefs - educators, clergymen, pate. Hopefully the National Salute and the Memorial funded communicators, elected officials and even some family mem by public donation will make some amends to those veterans bers-those we put our trust in, at times seemed to contradict who received such shoddy treatment. those beliefs and betray that trust. Any person who was ever in a combat situation has To add insult to injury, our peers - at least on many seen, heard and experienced incredible trauma such as having college campuses - had already rejected the values to which friends killed or wounded in their presence or nearby. The we had adhered. Some went a step further, caricaturing the GI intense interpersonal cohesiveness and devotion to duty and as the villain while bestowing near sainthood upon the enemy. each other makes such experiences even more painful. As a Shattered values and peer alienation combined often made the battalion surgeon, I had the horrible experiences of seeing aftermath more traumatic than Vietnam itself. bodies mangled beyond recognition, caring for wounded men So for 15 years society forced many veterans to be who obviously were going to lose a leg or an arm, and having apologetic about their service in Vietnam-to regard mention men die as I took care of them despite all I could do. Such of such service as a social taboo. Public indifference, peer experiences result in a large amount of unresolved grief. If the hostility, intellectual contempt and official effrontery have left grief is not acknowledged and dealt with, a person can be a spiritual scar on most Vietnam veterans. changed for the rest of his life. Only American society can provide the tissue needed to I hope that this National Salute to Vietnam veterans heal the scar. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - as society's will help people become aware of any unresolved grief within. symbolic offering - is part of that tissue. In essence, the Hopefully the grieving and tears can be shared not only by memorial is a reaffirmaton of the values that compelled us to surviving family members, veterans, and friends but by the serve; the values we were taught to believe in. American public as well. All Americans can rest assured that their fellow coun trymen who made the ultimate sacrifice in this, as in past wars, Ralph W Wadeson graduated from University of Alabama medical school and was in general practice in that state for four and a half Richard Kolb served as a PFC in the US Army in Vietnam from April , years. On active duty with the U.S. Navy, he served as medical officer 1970 to April, 1971. He began with the 4th Infantry in the Central with the Fleet Marine force in The Korean War, as battalion surgeon Highlands at An Khe and was later transferred to the 101st Airborne, with the Third Battalion, 5th Marines, and subsequently with Easy where he served as a radio operator at Phu Bai. medical company. 26 The Big Red One Salutes The Vietnam Veteran YOU 'RE INVITED to meet your fellow First Divisioners at our WELCOME EXHIBIT Reg istration Area Sheraton Washington Hotel HOSPITALITY SUITE Lanai Section Sheraton Washington Hotel THE FIRST DIVISION MEMORIAL Thursday 2 PM-9 PM . . . honors the 12,000 men of the Big Red One who gave their lives in three wars. Friday 9 AM-9 PM The Vietnam wing was the first major national tribute erected to the Vietnam veteran. Saturday 5 PM-9 PM The Big Red One Remembers Its Own! SONS OF THE FIRST DIVISION SCHOLARSHIP FUND provides scholarships for every child of every First Division man killed in Vietnam ... more than 1,100 orphaned children. The Big Red One Takes Care Of Its Own! YOUR STORY ... as told through members of Company C, 2/ 28 ... Newsweek's Special Issue gives a positive view of the Vietnam veteran . .. CBS Reports takes millions of viewers to a Company C reunion. "WITHOUT THE SOCIETY, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. " Tony Fuller Newsweek National MEMORIAL SERVICE Correspondent FIRST DIVISION MEMORIAL 17th and State Place The Big Red One Honors Its Own (South of the Executive Office Building) Saturday, November 13 - 1:00 PM ,~I «· WI~ Honoring the Big Red One men who died in Vietnam "SERVING THE FIRST DIVISION VETERAN FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS" ')' I SOCIETY OF THE FIRST DIVISION 5 MONTGOMERY AVENUE ' DA PHILADELPHIA PA 1911 8 A Di,fferent Perspective THE NAMES "... the black walls mirrored James J. Kilpatrick Washington Post Columnist the clouds of a summer's ending and reflected the leaves of an autumn's Jan Scruggs telephoned a few days ago and asked me to meet him on a Friday morning down at the site of the Vietnam beginning, and the names-the names! Veterans Memorial. I had seen an architect's rendering of the -were etched enduringly memorial, and I had seen a small scale model of the project, and I had written a dozen times of the plan to list the names of upon the sky." 57,692 who gave their lives in that tragic endeavor in Vietnam. Now the memorial is about two-thirds complete, Jedh C. Barker, William A. Berry, Conal J. Byrne Jr., Charles M. Scruggs told me, and a clay model has been approved of the Castillo, Raymond Clay, Troy W Cokley, Joseph A. Coomes . . . bronze sculpture by Frederick Hart that will add the final They died a year later. element. He wanted me to see how the work was progressing. This memorial has a pile driver 's impact. No politics . We met by the temporary board fence that surrounds No recriminations. Nothing of vainglory or of glory either. For the site, close by the Lincoln Memorial, and chatted for a few 20 years I have contended that these men died in a cause as minutes about the whole remarkable undertaking. If you have noble as any cause for which a war was ever waged. Others have forgotten, Scruggs is the former corporal who returned from contended, and will always contend, that these dead were Vietnam with a body full of shrapnel and a head full of dreams uselessly sacrificed in a no-win war that should never have -dreams of a memorial to companions who died there, and to been waged at all. Never mind. The memorial carries a mes the neglected and often ostracized veterans who survived. He sage for all ages: this is what war is all about. came back to his obscure office in the federal bureaucracy, and It is about Howard Owens, Michael R. Page, Leveret R. three years ago he resigned to devote his full time to the Prosky, Ronald R. Reil, Leonard S. Skoniecki Jr., Donny Ray project. Stewart, Ronald R. Stroschein, Thomas S. Sudlesky, Donald L. "Come on," he said. Templeton, Thermall Thompson ... They died on this day in We walked through the usual litter of a construction 1968. Before work could begin last winter, an artistic con troversy had to be resolved. Critics on Capitol Hill and in the "We walked through the usual litter Interior Department felt the design was just too -well, too of a construction site, and gradually unconventional. They insisted on a piece of monumental sculpture in a more traditional vein. The conflict has been the long walls of the memorial happily resolved. Frederick Hart, who conceived the figures of came into view. Nothing I had heard or written had prepared me for The memorial carries a message the moment. I could not speak. I wept. for all ages: this is These are the names. The names! ..." what war is all about. site, and gradually the long walls of the memorial came into view. Nothing I had heard or written had prepared me for the Genesis for the National Cathedral, will cast three soldiers in a moment. I could not speak. I wept. moment of expectancy. They have heard something, or seen There are the names. The names! The names are etched something, and their eyes search for an answer. At Hart's own in white on polished black marble. The names are arranged suggestion, his monument will be located 150 feet from the chronologically by the date of death, running from July 1959 to apex of the walls. It will not intrude. May 1975. Where the two walls come together, forming the Who are the three figures? They could be Moncrief, point of a V, the first and the last names meet. Kelly or Campbell; or McSorley, Martinovsky or Grottke; or Arthur C. Alterwisher, Glendon L. Ammon, Frank Gonzales, Mondy or Schofield; or Swain, Isaac or Higgins. On Arrey Jr. , James R. Bauder, John 0. Freeman, Joseph A. Friel, this sunny Friday morning, the black walls mirrored the Carlton Griffin, Louis C. Hines, Normal L. R. Hoyt, Robert L. clouds of a summer's ending and reflected the leaves of an Hyde ... They died on Sept. 21, 1966. We walked on. autumn's beginning, and the names - the names! - were Victor P. Andreozzi , Robert S. Baird, William J. Balfour, etched enduringly upon the sky. © 1982, Universal Press Syndicate 28 A Lasting Tribute "NUMBER ONE~' A Tribute to the 2,700,000 Ameriam Who Served with Honor and Dignity To All In Vietnam 1961-1975 " THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" ~~6~ Commemorating the Unveiling of the Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Veterans Memorial w.. hington D.C. 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Prices include shipping and handling and orders will be shipped via United Parcel in 4 to 6 weeks. Indiana residents please add 4 % Indiana Sales Tax. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON from October 28, 1982 Vietnam The National Salute to the Vietnam Veter ans is a proud and overdue occasion that presents all Ameri Music and More cans with an opportuni ty to reaffirm their heartfelt CBS Special Products gratitude for the courage and devotion of the men and CisNick Records and women who served this nation at a time of great trial and uncertainty . Present The Vietnam conflict is an important and lasting part of the history of our country, and it will always remind us of the dedication of the young Americans who left their homes and families to defend freedom under difficult circumstances. Oldies They have earned the undying esteem and respect of all thoughtful and freedom-loving Americans Goldies for their overriding devotion and sense of duty to our nation. This country will always be deeply t hankful for the inspiring demonstration of valor repeatedly displayed in the distinguished performance of their duties by those who served in this struggl e . This National Salute expresses only part of what America feels, but it is significant for the breadth and depth of Souvenir support shown by so many who have joined to make this week meaningful and lasting. Recorded live from the AFVN Radio To those who answered their nation's call, to those Network injured in the conflict, and to those who are no longer with us to share this occasion, we reach out with honor and aching hearts f or their sacrifices and their will i ngness to risk everything to be Souvenir Album $8.95 faithful to this l and they loved. As National Cassette or 8 Track $9.95 Honorary Co - Chairmen of this project , we welcome Add $1.50 postage and handling your participation in the programs and events which will allow each of us in a small but important wa y to show our loyalty in return to America's Vietnam Veterans. To order please sen d check or money order to: Vietnam Radio Show 2147 Broomfield Rd . Cleveland, T N 37311 * * * A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the National League of POW/ MIA famil ies. * * * Visi t our booth at the Sheraton- Washington Nov. 10 thru 14 All orders guaranteed by l 31 _ ~PRAYERS Almighty God, we remember before you the Vietnam 0 Lord , what is man that Thou shouldst notice him? War and those who lost their lives in the war. We What is mortal man that Thou shouldst consider commend to the healing power of the Holy Spirit him? the wounds of the war, wounded bodies, wounded Man is like a breath; lives and wounded countries, and we ask for grace His days are like a passing shadow; to face our past and to show forth your love now In the morning, he flourisheth and groweth up; and in all days to come. In the name of your son In the evening, he is cut down and withereth. who was wounded and who gave his life for us. As we salute the Vietnam Veterans, we ask Thy Amen . eternal remembrance for those who have (From the service in Washington Cathedral on died. November I I, 1981) We ask Thy remembrance for those who served - JOHN P WHEELER Ill courageously and valiantly CHAIRMAN, WMF Protestant We seek Thy powers of reconciliation for those who have been forgotten and misunderstood. Teach us to number our days with devotion and Follow St. Francis dedication. With St. Francis of Assisi we pray: Teach us to attain a heart of wisdom and "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace." compassion. We seek strength from the awareness of Thine Thy peace: abiding love. May we remember that thy peace is for all persons We seek strength from the awareness of the without our discriminations sacrifice of the men and women who have of social status. served. May we remember that thy peace May this Nation, under God, be strengthened by is forever rooted in justice our resolve for continued service to Thee, our beyond our present perceptions Nation and our fellowman. Amen. of law and order. - RABBI SIMEON KOBRINETZ DEPUTY DIRECTOR May we remember that thy peace CH APLAIN SERVICE comes finally not by coercion Veterans Administration but by persuasion Jewish of heart and mind. Lord, make me an instrument: An instrument wise enough 0 God, in Wh om we move and live and have our to seek the good openly being, accept the prayers we offer on this Veterans Day as we commemorate those who have served An instrument courageous enough you by serving their country. We pray especially for to speak the truth plainly those who have died, those still missing in action, An instrument of good will and for the families and loved ones who have appealing not to the worst shared their burden. Through the selflessness of but to the best in my fellow-citizens countless people like these, you have made this a my neighbors great nation where liberty and justice are more my friends. than an idle dream or an unattainable vision. We At the last we pray for thy peace: pray that the example of these who have served will Confirm our hearts in courage inspire us to strive even harder to ensure that the wisdom ideals upon which this nation was founded will and good will. become even more of a reality We pray that you Make us instruments of persuasion will help us to seek reconciliation where there is to justice dissension, harmony and justice where there is for all persons. disorder, and lasting peace for all nations. We ask - GEORGE KIMMICH BEACH these blessings through Jesus Christ your son, our UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ARLINGTON Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Unitarian Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen . -FATHE R JOHN B. SMITH CHAPLAIN (MAJO R. USA) STAFF CHAPLAIN Military District of Washi ngton These prayers will be read during the Candlelight Vigil. Roman Catholic 32 Locating Names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial A directory stands at the entry of the line of panel No. 2 to the right. It moves Memorial and provides the exact location down each panel in turn, as though the of each name as well as additional identify panels were pages in a book. The sequence ing information about each person. The of names is interrupted at panel No. 70 on names are in the chronological order of the east wall, but resumed on panel No. 70 their dates of casualty. on the west wall. The listing proceeds down The memorial's east wall , pointing to each panel and to the next panel to the ward the Washington Monument, and its right, until the names of the last casualties west wall, pointing toward the Lincoln (in May 1975) form the last lines of panel Memorial, intersect at a 125° angle. Each of o. 1 on the west wall above the date the 250' walls is composed of 70 separate "1975." inscribed granite panels. The largest panels Each name is preceded (on the west have 137 lines of names; the shortest have wall) or followed (on the east wall ) by one PARALVZED one line. of two symbols - a diamond or a cross. There are five names on each line. On The diamond symbol denotes that the each wall the panels are numbered from "l" serviceman's or servicewoman's death was VETERANS to "70", with panel No. I at the intersection confirmed. and panel No. 70 at the far end. The num The approximately 1300 men whose bers are inscribed at the bases of the panels. names are designated by the cross were in OF The names of the first casualties (in July missing or prisoner status at the end of the 1959) appear on the first line of panel No. 1 war and remain missing and unaccounted on the east wall below the date "1959." The for. In the directory, an asterisk in the third AMERICA chronological listing of the names pro column from the right denotes that a man ceeds line by line down the first panel to is missi ng and unaccounted f.:-~ the bottom and then continues on the top SALUTE 1,2 American Gold Star Mothers 1,2,3 Reserve Officers Association 1,2,3 The American Legion 1 Society of the First Division THOSE 1,2 American Red Cross 1,2 The Stars and Stripes 1 American United, Inc. 1 25th Infantry Division Association 1 AMVETS 1,2 United Vietnam Veterans Organization 1 American Veterans Committee 1,2 Unity of Veterans 1,2 Blinded Veterans Associati on 1 U.S. ews Books WHO 1,2,3 Boston Publishing Co. 1,2 U.S.O. World Headquarters 1 Disabled American Veterans 1,2 Veterans Administration 2 Fleet Reserve Association 1,2 Vet Centers 1,2,3 Gilbane Building Co. 1,2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 1,2 Jewish War Veterans of the U.S. 1 Vietnam Era Media Fund PROUDLY 1 Military Order of the Purple Heart 1 Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1,2 National Center for Amerasian Children 1 Vietnam Veterans of America 1,2 National Vietnam Veterans Review 1,2,3 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 1 l0lstAirborne Division Association 1,2 Vietnam War Newsletter SERVED ... EXHIBITORS AT UNIT REUNION REGISTRATION SITES (open to the public) Sheraton Washington (1); Hotel Washington (2); Mayflower (3) Services and Products Donated to the National Salute to Vietnam Veterans: OUR Computer Support for Military Halls Phil 's Ph oto Unit Reunion Registration The Sheraton Washington Letterform Graphics Honeywell Hotel Washington Official Carrier Scan-Data Corporation The Mayflower VIETNAM CompuScan, Inc. Pan American World Airways Floats Gold Star Open House Dialcom Sun Company, Inc. Cars for Grand Marshalls Independent Petroleum B & B Caterers in Parade Association of America Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. Koons Dealership Chock Full 0-Nuts Corporation Public Service Advertising McDonald 's Corporation Brochures and Public Service Tyl Associates Doubek Cookie Company, Inc. VETERANS. Advertising Space J. Walter Thompson Canada Dry Potomac Corporation Washington Metropolitan Area Ogilvy & Mather (Houston) Anheuser-Busch Companies , In c. Transportation Authority Bacon's Publicity Checker Earl Hargrove, Decorations 3-J A HISTORY A Sweeping Tobute CONTINUED FROM PG. 8 CONTINUED FROM PG. 9 appealed to his readers for funds for WMF. requirements of the program . It is con The tremendous response (ultimately templative and reflective. It is superbly $60,000) enabled WMF to repay its loan harmonious with its site, and yet frees within weeks. the visitors from the noise and traffic of On Memorial Day, 1980, WMF con the surrounding city. Its open nature ducted its first Memorial Day service at will encourage access on all occasions, the memorial site. Music was provided by at all hours, without barriers. Its siting the US Army Field Band, and the event and materials are simple and forthright. received nationwide TV coverage. The This memorial with its wall of names becomes a place of quiet reflec American people again responded gener tion and a tribute to those who served ously to WMF's appeal , and sufficient their nation in difficult times. All who funds were raised to begin planning for a come here can find it a place of healing. multifaceted fund raising campaign and a This is very much a memorial of national design competition. our own times, one that could not have On July 1, 1980, in the Rose Garden, Paul Thayer and Sandie Fauriol been achieved in another time and President Jimmy Carter signed the legis place. The designer has created an lation to provide a site of two acres in Con Paul Thayer, Chairman of The LTV Corpo eloquent place where the simple meet stitution Gardens for the Memorial. The ration raised funds from the business ing of earth, sky and remembered · Bill provided that no federal funds wou ld community as Chairman of the Fund's names contains messages for all who be used, that the design would be subject Corporate Advisory Board. Lane Kirkland, will know this place. to Federal approval, and that the National President of the AFL-CIO wrote to his The author of entry # 1026 was Maya Park Service would maintain the com members and raised over $50,000 for the Ying Lin, a 21 year old undergraduate pleted memorial site. cause. Radiothons were a great source of student at Yale University. She was en Plans began immediately to prepare for income as well as participation by the couraged by one of her professors to enter a national design competition to obtain American people: WPKX of Alexandria, the competition. She described her design the design for the Vietnam Veterans Virginia led the way with $250,000 in as follows: Memorial. WMF retained Paul Spreire pledges in a single weekend; others fol The memorial is composed not as gen, author of Design Competitions, to as lowed across the country from San An an unchanging monument, but as a sist Doubek in coordinating what became tonio, Texas (WOAl) to Bangor, Maine moving composition, to be understood the largest competition of its type ever (WACZ) where a group of Vietnam veter as we move into and out of it; the pas held in the U.S. or Europe. ans organized the entire event and raised sage itself is gradual, the descent to the For full details about the competition $10,000 in two days. as well as the actual construction of the While Paul Thayer's campaign was in Vietnam Veterans Memorial, see A Sweep gear, the WMF staff was raising money Building a Memorial ing Tribute in this program. from corporations and foundations as CONTINUED FROM PG. 9 By October, WMF had hired a full-time well. Aided by Assistant Campaign Di professional staff member to direct the rector Karen Bigelow, Fauriol toured the and generational suffix, a special computer fund raising campaign. Sandie Fauriol country to raise funds, resulting in 84 program had to be written. The program, joined Doubek and new executive vice personal visits to corporate and founda however could not account for the fact that president Donald Schaet, a Marine Corps tion executives. This two-pronged ap many Americans, especially those of His Vietnam veteran, and began to develop the proach brought in an impressive $1.4 mil panic and native American descent, have fund raising plan that would bring in the lion in gifts for the memorial. compound surnames. The entire list was needed $7 million in 18 months. Throughout the campaign, the mes once again searched for any names, such as The key to the campaign's success was sage was clear: Americans wanted this "Two Crow" or "Camacho Rodriguez," diversity: WMF pursued funds from as memorial to be built, and they assured it where a compound surname might many sources as possible to give all would be with a flood of contributions, possibly be interpreted by the computer as Americans an opportunity to contribute from the few dollars from a grandmother a surname and a first name. Finally, the to this important memorial. By the time on social security, from a Vietnam veteran entire list of names was read to identify and the campaign ended, nearly 500 ,000 indi rancher who offered two head of cattle double check any names which simply ap viduals, corporations, foundations, until he could sell them for a cash gift, to peared to be unusual, such as "Lugene" or unions, veterans and community groups the young college student who donated "Rona!, " and might be in error. had contributed the funds needed to build $250 in money he saved for his education Size, Layout, and Arrangement of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and com to assure that his father 's name would be Names. So that.each name on the memo plete the project. inscribed on the memorial. WMF had, in rial could be read, even if located at the WMF relied on volunteer leadership as a remarkably intense and dynamic cam top of the walls, the memorial designer well as staff to raise the money. Enter paign, attained its goal of having the Viet and architect of record determined that tainer Bob Hope signed for most of the 10 nam Veterans Memorial be a gift and a the minimum size of the letters would be million pieces of direct mail that were tribute from the American people to the .53 inch. In the process of design devel sent; Elizabeth Ta ylor and husband nation, as a symbol of honor and recogni opment, the construction team (ar Senator John Warner hosted a benefit tion for all those who served in the Viet chitect, construction manager, and WMF dinner dance that raised $65,000; and nam war. ~ project director) determined that the 34 origin slow, but it is at the origin that ~ bols of the veterans and their patriotism, the meaning of the memorial is to be 5 WMF determined to add a sculpture of -< fully understood. At the intersection of j servicemen and a flag staff to the memo- these walls, on the right side, at the ~ rial site. Ground was broken on the site on wall 's top, is carved the date of the first "';:§ March 26, 1982, and in July, Frederick death. It is followed by the names of those who have died in the war, in Hart, of Washington, D.C ., the highest chronological order. These names con ranking sculptor in the design competi tinue on this wall, appearing to recede tion, was chosen to design the sculpture. into the earth at the wall's end. The The sculpture was unveiled on Sep names resume on the left wall, as the tember 20th. Mr. Hart described it as fol wall emerges from the earth, back to the lows: origin, where the date of the last death is ◄ The portrayal of the figures is con carved, at the bottom of this wall. Thus sistent with history. They wear the uni the war 's beginning and end meet; the form and carry the equipment of war; war is 'complete,' coming full circle, yet they are young. The contrast between broken by the earth that bounds the an the innocence of thei r yo uth and gle's open side, and contained within weapons of war underscores the poig the earth itself. As we turn to leave, we nancy of their sacrifice. There is about see these walls stretching into the dis issues, such as safety, handicapped access them the physical contact and sense of tance, directing us to the Washington and an appropriate inscription, that unity that bespeaks the bonds of love Monument, to the left, and the Lincoln would have to be addressed during devel and sacrifice that is the nature of men at Memorial, to the right, thus bringing opment of the design from a concept into war. And yet they are each alone. Their the Vietnam memorial into historical final plans. strength and their vu ln erability are context. In June F submitted the design to both evident. Their true heroism lies in On May 1, 1981, the jury formally pre begin the lengthy Federal approval proc these bonds of loyalty in the face of their sented its recommendations to the eight ess, and in August retained a professional aloneness and their vulnerability. WMF directors, staff and advisors, who architecture firm and construction man On October 13, 1982, the U.S. Commis had the authority to accept or reject it. All agement company to realize the design. sion of Fine Arts approved Hart's but one of the eight served in Vietnam, Ms. Lin became a consultant to the ar sculpture and the addition of the flag staff and they included decorated offi cers and chitect of reco rd . Groundbreaking was and recommended that they be grouped enlisted combat veterans. Their ac targeted for early March 1982 with com together to enhance the entrance to the ceptance was unanimous; they charac pletion by Veterans Day. memorial site. terized the winning design as "genius." At In January 1982, to accommodate con Construction at the site was completed the time of their report, the jury noted the cern that the design lacked specific sym- on October 29th. ~ The Granite. The designer 's intent in 1982. The flagstaff, with its cast bronze creating this memorial was to form a park base including the emblems of the five within a park, a quiet, protected place that services and an inscription, will be instal was self-contained yet harmonious with led at the site in early 1983. The life-sized the overall plan and environment of Con sculpture case in bronze will be completed stitution Gardens. To a great extent, this by the end of that year. effect was achieved by virtue of the unique On Time, Under Budget. The major fac- · characteristics of polished black granite. tor contributing to completion of the The surface of this stone-more than any memorial on time and under budget was other-approaches a mirror in reflective the professionalism of the design team . quality when it is polished. Hence, a vis Kent Cooper and Bill Lecky, the architects z 0 u, itor to the memorial sees - rather than of record, worked creatively and sensi B"' just inscriptions in a wall - the reflected tively with Maya Lin to fulfill her design z -< images of the surrounding lawns, trees, concept. Special gratitude is due to z uJ and neighboring monuments. Carla Corbin of the Cooper-Lecky :r: " Further, the black granite, when in Partnership, who was the project ar u.J E u, scribed, exposes a light gray color which chitect. Her perserverance and industry contrasts sharply with the polished sur were without parallel. Bill Choquette, the maximum practicable width of the black face, making the inscriptions extremely Regional Vice President of Gilbane Build grani te slabs to face the wall was 40". It legible. The lettering, therefore, will last ing Company, placed all of Gilbane's re was therefore decided that the names be forever without maintenance or restora sources at the disposal of the project, and arrangeg 5 to a line, flush left or right, on tion. Overall, the use of polished black Gilbane did the work without profit. Walt each of 140 panels, which would read like granite allows an extensive structure, al Marquardt, Gilbane's construction execu pages of a book. The panels themselves most 500 feet long, to blend and har tive, had overall responsibility for con were to be 40" in width and with heights monize with its garden environment yet struction aspects of the project. Warren varying from 10 feet and 137 lines at the occupy a prominent location on the Mall. Creech, Gilbane 's project manager, coor apex, to only 10 " and one line at either Completion Dates. The walls and land dinated the work of all trade contractors extreme, 250 feet from the origin. scaping were completed by November 1, on site with the highest professionalism. 35- THANKYOU The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a beautiful gift from the American people. It is especially a gift from these women and men who have given freely of themselves in countless graceful ways to build the Memorial. Sheryl Abraham Joan Engelhardt Myli o Kraja Joseph Ronsisvall e Joe Albritton Georges Fauriol Burt R. Kubli James A. Rubin Maj . Gary Allord, USMC Mike Feinsilber Jonathan F. Ladd Morga n Ruph Chuck Allen Jack Ferrebee Bob Lafferty Barbara L. Sadoff The Hon. Everett Alvarez, Jr. Manus J. Fi sh, Jr. L. Bruce Laingen Th e Hon. Jim Sasser Steve Anderson Betty Fishman Marcia Landau Sherry Sav ill e Debbi e Webb Ange ll o Leta Frazier Bill Large Sarah Saunders Jim Angello Th e Hon. Bill Frenzel Kay Lau,tman Helen M. Scharf George Appleby Willi am K. Friedman Steve Leer Daniel H. Shear, Esq. The Hon. Richard Armitage Ruth Frye Alan Leighton Julian Scheer Robert L. Ashworth Rich ard Full er Jerom e L. Lev inrad Th e Hon. Harrison Schm id t Frank Athanason Robert J. George LCdr. Donald Lewi s, USN Jam es H. Schofi eld Charles H. Atherton Col. Joseph Gl eason, USA Th e Hon. Robert Livings ton Capt. Th omas C. Sc hull , USA Richard Bain Lt. Col. Jam es W. Gleisner, USA Th e Hon. Cl arence Long Rebecca J. Scruggs The Hon. Howard H. Baker, Jr. Capt. Bobby E. Gli sso n, USAF Gordon Mansfield Donna Seay Th e Hon. Lucius D. Battl e Do n Graff Donna Marl ene Robert F. Se mpl e Dr. Wil bur N. Baughman Rocky Granato Joan Mashburn Chris Shand LCdr. Jerry Beaver, USN Pau l D. Gray Murray Mc Cann Shaun Sheehan Tony A. Bevinetto Rober t Gresham Phil McCombs Bill Sherard Livin gs ton Bidd le Reginald W. Griffith Col. James A. McDonnell , USAF Helen Shipman Morton Blackwe ll Ann Mills Gri ffit hs (Ret) Donald Sider Dr. Art Blank Susa n Gri mes AMCS Dav id Meane y, USN Hu gh Sid ey Bill Boe Heather Stu rt Haaga The Hon. Edwin Meese Melani e Silverberg Th e Hon. David E. Boni or Paul Haaga Donal d B. Myer Th e Hon. Alan K. Simpson Peter Br aestrup Lt. Col. Frank Had! , USAF Ken neth Miller Donald M. Ski nder Olivia Brooks The Hon. Ch arles T. Hagel Pau l C. Mill er P. Daniel Smith Debbi e Brown Canon Mike Hamilton Robert F. Mi ll er Prisc illa Smith J. Carter Brown Dav id L. Hamilton Th e Hon. Gillespie V. Montgomery Ruth Somers Davis Buckl ey Th e Hon. John Paul Robert Moody Robert W. Spanogle The Hon. Dal e Bumpers Hamm ersc hmidt Will Moore Barry Speare Th e Hon. Ellsworth Bunker Hu sher Harris Arthur C. Mosley, Jr. W. Bru ce Spiher J. Th omas Burch Th e Hon. Gary Hart Dav id J. Murphy Th e Hon. Ro bert Stafford James Butera Th omas Harvey Mark Mu rray Lawrence J. Stingcomb Ross Cam ero n Th e Hon. S. I. Hayakawa Th e Hon. Jo hn Murtha Joh n Stitak Elliott Carroll Maj. Gen. Th omas Jay Hayes III , Joe Mu so lino Chaplain Max D. Sulli va n, USA Col. Doug Carter, USAF (Ret) USA (Ret) Ruth Nadeau Walt er S. Surrey, Esq. Peggy Carter · Thomas J. Haynes John F. Nas h, Jr. Edward Sweeny Daniel M. Childs, Esq. Jock B. Hazeltine Pamela Nissman Cynthia Szady David Christian Moni ca Healy Robert W. Nola n Robert Terzo Col. Francis C. Conaty, Jr. , USA Tom Hebert Frances Norton Alf Thompson (Ret) Lee Hedi ger George Hf. Oberlander Adm. Willi am Thompso n Bob Conl ey Brig. Gen. James Herbert, USA Susan O'Hara Lynn Thonu s Ca rl ye Co nnoll y (Ret) Jan Padden Edward Timperlake Milton R. Copulos Th e Hon. Do nald Paul Hodel The Hon. Leon Pane tta The Hon. John Towe r Phylli s Corbitt Jeanne B. Hodges Leste r Paqu in Kevin C. Troy Lt. Gen. Charles A. Corcoran, USA Franci s S. M. Hodso ll The Hon. Th omas W. Pauke n Arnold Trujill o (Ret) Cooper T. Holt Canon Charl es Perry Renne Vaught Craig A. Coulter Willi am P. Horn Don Pfeiffe r Andrew Wahlqu ist Ch ristoph er Crane Jan Howard Dea n Phillips John E. Wain Roger Craver Hal W. Howes Peter Pitcher The Rt. Rev. John T. Walker Helen Cronkite Patricia Hudso n John D. Pi tney Marty Walsh Keith Cunningham Pat Hunsaker Mi chael Pittas Grace Warman Emoge ne Cupp Peter A. Iov ino David Pl ace Th e Hon. James G. Watt The Hon. John Danforth G. William Jayne Th e Hon. Larry Pressler Jam es Webb Cha rles D. Daniel Beve rl y M. Jones Brig. Gen. George B. Price, USA Carol Welu , Esq. The Hon. Th omas A. Dasch le Maj. Mel Jordan, USAF (Ret) Clyde Wh eeler Ge n. Mi chael S. Dav ison, USA (Ret) Sandra Joege nse n Lt. Col. Tom Pri ce, USA Th e Rev. El isa DesPortes Wheeler James P. Dean Robert Ke e David Priddy Maj . Dennis Wi ghtman, USAF David DeChant Gary Keefe Hary Pu ente- Duany Rob ert Wild ero tter The Hon. Dennis DeConcini Levy Kelly Kathryn Purchase Reg ina Wilk Glenn DeMarr Robert E. Kendi g Marie Reid Th omas Willi ams Th e Hon. Lawrence DeNard is Margee Kendig Rabbi Arn old E. Resni coff, USN Col. Minter L. Wil son , USA (Ret) James DeSorbo James J. Kilpatrick Stanley R. Resor John L. Winkel Grant Dillman J.S. Kimmitt Lt. Thomas Reynolds, US MC Mary Jane Wood Th e Hon. Pete Domeni ci Robert M. Kimmitt Th e Hon. Eli ott L. Ri chardson Jim Woolsey Mary Lou Dowling Addi e King Gov. Charles S. Robb Sue Woo lsey Hugh Drescher Fred King Richard G. Robbins, Esq. Th e Hon. Jim Wri ght Lup e Duke Jean King Maj. Gen . J. Milnor Roberts, USA Ethel Wyman The Hon. Dav id F. Durenburger Ch aplain E. James Kingsley (Ret) Marilyn Zahn Wolf Von Eckart Lane Kirkland The Reverend Edgar D. Rom ig Charles B. Zucker Th e Hon. Bob Edgar Cliff Knese l Vi cki Roney National Salute to Vietnam Veterans Program Souvenir was produced by 7Jjl Associates, McLean, Virginia. Roberta Pilk, Program Director; Nancy Sterngold, Design Director, with John Caruso, Kenneth Eastep and Doug Edmunds. 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