Memorials
Glenna Goodacre, 1939-2020
April 15, 2020
Glenna Goodacre, the sculptor best known for creating the statue that is the centerpiece of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C., died April 13 of natural causes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was…
Query: In Search of Huey “Silver Fox” Pilots and Crew
October 10, 2018
The Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park in Richmond, Indiana, would like to hear from CW2 D.W. Bragg, 1st Lt. G.M. Bass and other pilots and crew members who served in Vietnam on a particular Huey helicopter:…
Maya Lin Receives Gish Prize
March 16, 2015
Maya Lin---he artist, sculptor and environmental artist best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial---received the 21st annual $300, 000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in November. The prestigious award recognizes architects, musicians, playwrights, directors,…
Scruggs to Step Down at VVMF
February 26, 2015
Jan Scruggs, the former Vietnam War infantryman who spearheaded the effort to built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington---and who has headed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund for many years---has announced that he is stepping…
The First Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
January 16, 2015
The Dogwood Vietnam Memorial was dedicated on April 20, 1966, in Charlottesville, Virginia, honoring Army Spec 4 Champ Jackson Lawson, Jr., who died in Vietnam in November 1965. The memorial, which now honors all Vietnam…
'No Man Left Behind' Statues Unveiled at Camps Lejeune and Pendleton
November 12, 2014
Two copies of "No Man Left Behind, " a striking ten-foot-tall bronze monument created by the artist and sculptor John Phelp s, were dedicated today outside of the Wounded Warrior Battalion (East) Hope and Care…
The New VVA Veteran–For July/August
July 19, 2014
The on-line edition of the new, July/August, issue of The VVA Veteran has just been posted . The cover story is an examination of the strange events leading up to the August 1964 Gulf of…
The Wall: The 'Greatest' Modern American Memorial
July 9, 2014
The current issue of The New Yorker contains a long, informative article by Adam Gopnik on the new New York City 9/11 Memorial Museum. In it, Gopnik---the magazine's noted art critic---goes over the history of…
The Living Memorial Sculpture Garden in Calif.
May 9, 2014
Back in 1988 a group of veterans in Northern California got together and founded the Living Memorial Sculpture Garden. The veterans convinced the U.S. Park Service to help them honor those who have served in…
A 'Secret' Vietnam War Memorial
January 24, 2014
The story goes that a Vietnam veteran or veterans used a helicopter to bring in the materials to build a veterans memorial deep in the woods off of Highway 50 near Gunnison, Colorado, along the…