Articles Related to The Wall
Chapter 898 Gets Go-Ahead for Wall
September 6, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 898 got the go-ahead to erect a wall of honor in remembrance of fallen Vietnam veterans in the Crossroads region of southeast Texas. Victoria County commissioners voted to approved a designated at the…
Chapter 1051 Member’s Service Spotlighted
September 5, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1051 member Greg Lowe recently spent a Wednesday morning scrubbing the replica Vietnam Memorial Wall at the Elizabethtown (Ky.) Nature Park with a group of volunteers, making sure the tribute was in…
Chapter 1036 Completes Photo Search
September 22, 2018
VVA Chapter 1036 in The Villages, Fla., announced that it has finally located photos for every one of Florida’s 778 fallen heroes. The photos can be viewed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) website, www.vvmf.org/wall-of-faces.…
Tennessee Memorial Wall Displayed by Chapter 203
July 15, 2016
The Tennessee Memorial Wall, created and owned by Chattanooga Chapter 203 , went on display for a week in early April at the Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga. The event was put together by the…
Harley Tracks by Mike Rinowski
August 17, 2015
If you like motorcycles, Harley Tracks: Across Vietnam to the Wall (Tracks Press, 263 pp., $29.95) has to be your next book. True to his subtitle, author Mike Rinowski describes practically every mile of…
Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Robert W. Doubek
July 31, 2015
Robert W. Doubek says he is "blessed and cursed with a sharp memory." I totally believe him after reading his Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Inside Story (McFarland, 324 pp., $35, paper). Bob Doubek tells…
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 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…
VVMF Looking For In-Country Photos & Artwork by Vietnam Veterans
April 3, 2012
Our friends at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C., are working on a book project in honor of the 30th anniversary of the dedication of The Wall this fall. The book will include photos taken…