Adding Vietnam Veterans' Faces to the Names on the The Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is seeking to add a photo for every name on The Wall in Washington, D.C. There are eight Webster Groves veterans who need photos.
What if you could put a face to every name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? Officials with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) hope you can. The National Call for Photos is a project organized by the VVMF to match a headshot or portrait photograph to every service member listed on The Wall. The pictures will be displayed in an exhibit at the future Education Center at The Wall, an underground visitors center to be built near the Vietnam Veterans and the Lincoln memorials. Everyday, the center will celebrate the birthdays of service members who died during the Vietnam War by featuring their photos on a giant digital wall. So far, 25,526 veterans have complete profiles with at least one photograph, according to George Pojani, a VVMF …
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Sheri Gassaway
11:17 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Thanks for sharing Karen! My dad served in Vietnam. more ›