Best captures the spirit of this day is "The Wall" by Vietnam Veteran Tim Murphy who received the Silver Star in Vietnam.
"And Every name's a father or a husband or a son or a daughter or a brother or a cousin to someone or a name might be a classmate or a friend you may recall.There's nearly sixty thousand fallen names still waiting at The Wall"
On veterans day in 1982, the Vietnam veterans memorial was dedicated with the names of 58.132 dead or missing American man and women from the Vietnam war.
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