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CONTENT

VIETNAM WAR FATALITIES IN JACKSON COUNTY ..............4EVENT MAP ............................................................................5SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ...........................................................6, 7A MOVING EPITAPH ..............................................................9THE CALL FOR PHOTOS .........................................................10SATELLITE PARKING MAP ......................................................11VIETNAM WAR STATISTICS ....................................................13THE STORY OF LARRY GENE BARHAM ................................14COLLECTING THE MEMORABILIA .........................................15MAYA LIN, WALL THAT HEALS DESIGNER ...........................16THE STORY OF LARRY WYATT KILGORE ..............................19THE STORY OF CHARLES ALFRED POPE, JR .........................21THE HISTORY OF THE WALL .................................................22VIETNAM VETERANS TO RECEIVE MEDALS .........................23

POET OF PATRIOTISM ............................................................24RED CROSS AND DONUT DOLLIES ........................................26VA HOSPITAL PROVIDES SUPPORT .......................................27WALL THAT HEALS COMPONENTS .......................................28OPERATION SEARCH AND REMEMBER ................................30I WATCHED THEM GO ...........................................................32IF I SHOULD COME HOME TO DOVER .................................33SYMBOLS ON THE WALL .......................................................34VIETNAM WAR STATISTICS ....................................................36THE WALL THAT HEALS 2010 SCHEDULE .............................37VETERANS FOCUS LIASON COMMITTEE ..............................40FAMOUS QUOTES ON THE VIETNAM WAR .........................45ACCOMMODATIONS IN BLUE SPRINGS ................................46MAP OF BLUE SPRINGS .........................................................47

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l VIETNam WaR FaTaLITIES FROm jaCkSON COuNTy, mISSOuRIWilliam Arthur Michael SP4 Blue SpringsPhillip Eugene Combs PFC GrandviewCraig Rathbun CPL GrandviewAlfred Allen Frye SGT Hickman MillsRaymond Eugene Allen SP4 IndependenceJoel Arnold Balcom HM3 IndependenceLarry Lee Barker CPL IndependenceRobert W Bates SP4 IndependenceHerbert Donald Bemboom SGT IndependenceMarvin Richard Berhowe PFC IndependenceJames Oris Blankenship 1LT IndependenceJames Nelson Cagley SGT IndependenceRobert Crawford Campbell PFC IndependenceJames Allen Cox CPL IndependenceGordon Leroy Jr. Currier PFC IndependenceMichael De-Wayne Davis SGT IndependenceRichard Allen Jr. Evans PFC IndependenceAllen Eugene Follett SP4 IndependenceBert Abner Jr. Hamilton EO3 IndependenceMichael Eugene Hamilton CPL IndependenceDonald Owen Hartman PFC IndependenceCharles Michael Hobbs PFC IndependenceJames Michael Holsworth PFC IndependenceJohn Robert Houston SP4 IndependenceJohn William Igert PFC IndependencePaul Vincent Moore PFC IndependenceGlen Herbert Jr. Mosley SP4 IndependenceSteven Boyd Oaks LCPL IndependenceCharles Alfred Jr. Pope LCPL IndependenceMichael Dean Reiff SGT IndependenceMarvin Nelson Richardson SP5 IndependenceJohnnie Rae Sly SP4 IndependenceGary Ercil Sooter PFC IndependenceDanny Ray Spencer SP4 IndependenceCharles Wesley Jr. Srader PFC IndependenceJames Michael Thompson PFC IndependenceSamuel Kamu III Toomey MAJ IndependenceRoger Leon Trammell LCPL IndependenceClay Samuel Turnham PFC IndependenceJeff Lynn Wenger SP5 IndependenceJohn Michael White PFC IndependenceJack Medlin Youngs LTC IndependenceElvin L Allen PFC Kansas CityLee Odis Allen PFC Kansas CityJohnie Ray Barber SP4 Kansas CityDean Allen Bell SP5 Kansas CityJimmy Dean Biggs PFC Kansas CityTerry Lee Blair SP4 Kansas CityFrank Lee Blevins PFC Kansas CityHarve Edward Brown PFC Kansas CityCraig Harold Buell SP5 Kansas CityJohn Richard Cabrini LCPL Kansas CityLynda Ray Callihan CPL Kansas CityWilliam L Jr. Campbell LCPL Kansas CityLaurence Curtis Caplan SGT Kansas CityRoger William Jr. Carroll MAJ Kansas CityBilly Gene Channel SGT Kansas CityLarry Gene Clark PFC Kansas CityLarry Vernal Claspill SP4 Kansas CityJames Edward Coleman PFC Kansas CityWilliam Joseph II Crane PFC Kansas CityJohn Nelson Jr. Crawford SP6 Kansas CityThomas Hiram Crook PVT Kansas CityRonnie Charles Cureton LCPL Kansas CityMichael Francis Dalton PFC Kansas CityCurtis Ray Daniels SSG Kansas CityJames Paul De Bruler PFC Kansas City

John Edward Dillard SGT Kansas CityWilliam Neal Jr. Dodson PFC Kansas CityJames Lee Drew SP4 Kansas CityJack Cecil Jr. Duff SGT Kansas CityRobert Terrence Dunn SGT Kansas CityLarry Eugene Elmore PVT Kansas CityRobert Dean Farrington CPT Kansas CityWilliam F. III Flaherty CPL Kansas CityFrank Allen Given PFC Kansas CityThomas Lee Goodale SP4 Kansas CityJames J. Greb SGT Kansas CityPhilip Lee Gregory PFC Kansas CityJohn Gary Griffith LCDR Kansas CityJoe Walter Grigsby PFC Kansas CityRobert Steven Grosshart 1LT Kansas CitySteven Eugene Grove SGT Kansas CityLarry L. Hackleman CPL Kansas CityRobert Bruce Hadden 1LT Kansas CityGary Leon Hanlin SP4 Kansas CityMichael Stevens Harris PFC Kansas CitySidney Jr. Hayes LCPL Kansas CityTerry Eugene Hemmitt PFC Kansas CityRoger Lee Henson SP5 Kansas CityBennett James Herrick SP4 Kansas CityDennis Haldane Herrick SP4 Kansas CityFrederick William Jr. Hess MAJ Kansas CityEugene Donald Hill CAPT Kansas CityKeith Eugene Hix SP4 Kansas CityWilliam Jesse Sr. Hodges CAPT Kansas CityStephen Jeffery Honnold LCPL Kansas CityMichael Eugene Hoppers PVT Kansas CityDouglas Lee Horn SP4 Kansas CityRichard Henry Housh 2LT Kansas CityGary Lee Hudson PVT Kansas CityThomas Gordon Hudson SSGT Kansas CityTimothy Lawrence Hurley SP4 Kansas CityJames Russell Isbell PFC Kansas CityCecil Jr. Jackson SP5 Kansas CityRichard Abvert Jackson SSGT Kansas CityEugene Jolly SP5 Kansas CityJohnny Eugene Jones SSGT Kansas CityJames Julius Jr. Julian SGT Kansas CityOtis Kenny PFC Kansas CityGayland Eugene Keroher 1LT Kansas CityStanley Gene Krebs PFC Kansas CityBlaine Wilson Landers SP4 Kansas CityCharles R. Lawhon WO Kansas CityBilly Wayne Laws PFC Kansas CityPatrick Arthur Layton PFC Kansas CityThomas Jr. Leek PFC Kansas CityJesse Lee Lenley SP4 Kansas CityPedro Jr. Leon SGT Kansas CityByron Clifton Lollar PFC Kansas CityThomas Arthur Lollar SGT Kansas CityJohnie Lomas TSGT Kansas CityHarry Leroy Long PFC Kansas CityEugene Austin Lunn SP4 Kansas CityPatrick Pearse Manning PFC Kansas CityJohn Grady Marshall SP4 Kansas CityRichard Pull Mertinez SP4 Kansas CityStephen Knight Masden SP4 Kansas CityDonald Wayne McBride LCPL Kansas CityJames Edward McClafferty SGT Kansas CityRoy Dea Mc Daniel CPL Kansas CityThomas W. Jr. McMahon LCPL Kansas CityCharles R. Mensch SSGT Kansas CityMichael Wesley Miller PFC Kansas City

William Howard Miller CPL Kansas CityCharles James Moore SFC Kansas CityJesse Louis Moore SP4 Kansas CityDavis Junior Morgan SFC Kansas CityDaniel Leon Mort LCPL Kansas CityLarry Thomas Moulder PFC Kansas CityTony Howard Myers SP4 Kansas CityJerome Nixon PFC Kansas CityKenneth Harold Nore SP4 Kansas CityRonald Robert Northrop SP5 Kansas CityPeter Paul Jr. Parnell WO Kansas CityLeslie Calvin Jr. Paschal LCPL Kansas CityEarl Archer Peak SP6 Kansas CityRobert William Peck PFC Kansas CityRaymond Lee Powell CPL Kansas CityDayton William Ragland COL Kansas CityCortez Allen Randolph PVT Kansas CityRichard Alvin Renfro SGT Kansas CityFrank Lee Riden SSGT Kansas CityEdward Robonson SP6 Kansas CityLester A. Rogers 1LT Kansas CityEddie Sailor SP4 Kansas CityHerbert Ellis Schmidt SGT Kansas CityRobert Lee Schrand PFC Kansas CityHarold La Vern Seaman LCPL Kansas CityBobby Gene Simpson PFC Kansas CityJames Leland Sipes MAJ Kansas CityPhillip Edward Slaughter PFC Kansas CityCary Carson Smith 1LT Kansas CityDavid William Smith SGT Kansas CityJames Andrew Smith LCDR Kansas CityJohn E. Stackhouse CAPT Kansas CityRichard Eugene Stanton HN Kansas CityRoy Miles Stilwell WO Kansas CityGary Dennis Stocklin 1LT Kansas CityRussell Merrill Stoddard LCPL Kansas CityMelvin Sullivan SP4 Kansas CityHoward Ernest Swann SGT Kansas CityThomas Edward Testorff SP4 Kansas CityMichael Laroy Thompkins PFC Kansas CityDennis Hugh Thompson SP4 Kansas CityRonald Dean Tillery BU3 Kansas CityMorvan Darrell Turley CAPT Kansas CityWilliam David Tyron CPL Kansas CityDonald Thomas Van Horn CPL Kansas CityMichael James Verstraete SGT Kansas CityWilliam Arthur Voss 1LT Kansas CityTravis Gary Walden SGT Kansas CityJerry Franklin Walls CPL Kansas CityRichard F. Waterfield CPL Kansas CityJohn Forrest Weaver CPL Kansas CityRaymond Lee Wheeler SSGT Kansas CityWilliam D. Wilson SP5 Kansas CityWilliam Ralph Wilson JO1 Kansas CitySteven Richard Withers PFC Kansas CityPatrick Hardy Wood COL Kansas CityDavid Alexander Woods SFC Kansas CityJohn Wesley Wright SP5 Kansas CityLarry Wyatt Kilgore CPL Lee’s SummitDennis Ray Puckett GMGSN Lee’s SummitWilliam Warren Sherman SGT Oak GroveJames Phillip Chittwood 1LT RaytownClifford Morris Jr. Davis SP4 RaytownCharles Oliver PFC RaytownGeorge David Shannon CPL RaytownLouis Cleveland Kimbrell SP4 Sibley

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010Awakening Ceremony begins 6:55 a.m.

Secure Colors American Legion Post 499 Reveille Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Post the Colors Blue Springs South High School Air Force JROTC Color Guard under the leadership of Major Paul Bekebrede & Sgt. Mike McGownPledge of Allegiance Nick Strope, Blue Springs South High School Senate President The National Anthem Blue Springs South High School Chamber Choir, Jason Bean, conductorWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyTribute to our Veterans “Reflections on Vietnam” read by Sarah Jane Bever-Chritton, Blue Springs South High School StudentMoment of SilenceClosing Prayer Father Ron Elliott, St. John LaLande Catholic Church

Reflection Ceremony “Enlightening Youth to Vietnam’s Legacy” 6:30 p.m. Emcee: Dale CarterWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyPost the Colors American Legion Post 499 Color Guard Pledge of Allegiance Boy Scouts & Girls ScoutsNational Anthem Blue Springs High School Chamber Choir, Nathan Rudolph, conductor and Linda VerDught, accompanistInvocation Reverend Andrew Florio, Chapel Hill Presbyterian ChurchRecognition of Guests Dale Carter, Blue Springs City Council, District 1, KFKF Program Dir.Reading of Messages Dale Carter & Christina Schulze Clariday, Clariday & Co. Guest Speaker LTC Elizabeth Delbridge-Keough, Commander, Lake City Army Ammunition Plant“Armed Forces Salute” Blue Springs High School Chamber Choir Tribute to our Veterans Warren Parker, Vietnam Veteran-Army, MAC-V-SOG, Air America“From Sea to Shining Sea” Blue Springs High School Chamber Choir“A Moving Epitaph” Jerry Plantz, The Poet of PatriotismLaying of Wreaths Moment of Silence Benediction Dr. John D. Sellars, President, Graceland UniversityBagpipes Gary Mosby, Pipes & Drums of Ararat Shrine Salute to the Fallen American Legion Post 499 Rifle SquadPlaying of Taps Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Retire the Colors American Legion Post 499 Color Guard

Friday, October 1, 2010Awakening Ceremony begins 6:55 a.m. Secure Colors American Legion Post 499 Reveille Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Post the Colors Blue Springs High School Air Force JROTC Color Guard under the leadership of Master Sergeant Lawrence BursePledge of Allegiance Paige Walters, Blue Springs High School Senate PresidentThe National Anthem Blue Springs High School Chamber Choir, Nathan Rudoloph, conductorWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyTribute to our Veterans “Reflections on Vietnam” read by Austin Groves, Blue Springs High School Senior Moment of SilenceClosing Prayer Pastor Jerry Craig, First Baptist Church

Friday, October 1, 2010 Reflection Ceremony “Courage, Sacrifice and Devotion to Country” 6:30 p.m. Emcee: Pete Grigsby Welcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyPost the Colors American Legion Post 189 Color GuardPledge of Allegiance Camp Fire Girls & Civil Air Patrol CadetsThe National Anthem Jacomo Chorale, Dr. Helena Vasconcellos, conductor Invocation Reverend Richard Steensma, Timothy Lutheran Church“Armed Services Medley” Jacomo ChoraleRecognition of Guests Pete Grigsby, Blue Springs School District Reading of Messages Pete Grigsby & Christina Schulze Clariday, Clariday & Co. Guest Speaker Woody Cozad, Cozad Company Government Relations; Vietnam Veteran-Navy“The Navy Hymn” Jacomo ChoraleTribute to our Veterans Kathy Lee, R.N., Vietnam Veteran-Army “God Bless America” Jacomo Chorale Laying of Wreaths Moment of Silence Benediction Reverend John Martz, Blue Springs Assembly Bagpipes Gary Mosby, Pipes & Drums of Ararat Shrine Salute to the Fallen American Legion Post 189 Rifle Squad Playing of Taps Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral ChapelsRetire the Colors American Legion Post 189 Color Guard

Saturday, October 2, 2010 Awakening Ceremony begins 6:55 a.m.

Secure the Colors American Legion Post 499 Reveille Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Post the Colors University of Central Missouri Color Guard Army ROTC Pledge of Allegiance Rich Wilson, Veteran-Army The National Anthem Circuit Riders, St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, Rich Wilson, conductorWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-Army Tribute to our Veterans “Reflections on Vietnam” read by Kent Egy, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyMoment of Silence Closing Prayer Pastor Rick Johnson, First Bible Baptist Church

Reflection Ceremony “Honoring the Fallen; Healing the Living” 2:00 p.m. Emcee: Pete GrigsbyWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyPost the Colors Whiteman Air Force Base Color GuardPledge of Allegiance Ron Balcom, Sonar Technician First Class, Vietnam Veteran-Navy, Coast Guard (Ret.)The National Anthem The Men of Praise, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Carolyn Gordanier, conductorInvocation Pastor Cliff Caton, First Christian Church of Blue Springs “Armed Services Medley” The Men of PraiseRecognition of Guests Pete Grigsby, Blue Springs School District Reading of Messages Pete Grigsby & Christina Schulze Clariday, Clariday & Co.Guest Speaker Walter Hicklin, President, Board of Governors, University of Central Missouri Guest Speaker United States Congressman Ike Skelton“America, the Beautiful” The Men of PraiseTribute to our Veterans Col. John Clark, Former Prisoner of War, Vietnam Veteran- Air Force (Ret.) “Prayer For Peace” The Men of Praise

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THE WaLL THaT HEaLS SCHEDuLE OF EVENTS l Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:00 p.m. Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit fly over Vietnamese CeremonyLaying of Wreaths Moment of Silence Benediction Pastor Darryl Jones, Crossroads ChurchBagpipes Gary Mosby, Pipes & Drums of Ararat Shrine Salute to the Fallen Whiteman Air Force Base Rifle SquadPlaying of Taps Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral ChapelsRetire the Colors Whiteman Air Force Base Color Guard

Sunday, October 3, 2010Awakening Ceremony begins 6:55 a.m.Secure Colors American Legion Post 499 Reveille Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Post the Colors HST Chapter of Sons of American Revolution Color Guard Pledge of Allegiance Gary Harvey, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy, (Ret.) Welcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-Army The National Anthem The Men of Praise, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Carolyn Gordanier, conductorTribute to our Veterans The Men of Praise, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Carolyn Gordanier, conductorMoment of Silence Closing Prayer Reverend Dr. Sally Haynes, First United Methodist Church

1:00 p.m. Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter landing

Closing Ceremony “All Gave Some … Some Gave All” 2:00 p.m. Emcee: Dale CarterPrelude American Legion Band, Heather Pickett, conductorWelcome Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross, Vietnam Veteran-ArmyPost the Colors VFW District 5 Color Guard Pledge of Allegiance George Scarborough, American Legion Department of Missouri Zone 2, Vice Commander, Vietnam Veteran-Air Force National Anthem Ben Gulley, tenor & the American Legion BandInvocation Jeffery Mercer, Chaplain KC-VA Hospital, Vietnam Veteran-Army“Armed Forces Salute” American Legion Band Recognition of Guests Dale Carter, Blue Springs City Council, District 1 & KFKF Program DirectorReading of Messages Dale Carter & Christina Shulze Clariday, Clariday & Co. Guest Speaker Larry D. Kay, Executive Director, Missouri Veterans CommissionRecognition of Veterans BGen. John McLaurin, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Army (Ret.)“America, the Beautiful” The Men of Praise, Dr. Carolyn Gordanier, conductorTribute to our Veterans Mike Shanin, Shanin & Parks, Newsradio 980-KMBZ; Vietnam Veteran-Army

Sunday, October 3, 2010 3:45 p.m. Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter take off, fly over and landing Battle Cross Ceremony Jeffery Mercer, Chaplain KC-VA Hospital, Vietnam Veteran-Army“The Mansions of the Lord” The Men of Praise POW/MIA Recognition Jeffery Mercer, Chaplain KC-VA Hospital, Vietnam Veteran-Army“Amazing Grace” Ben Gulley, tenor & Carolyn Gordanier, piano Recognition of Gold Star FamiliesLaying of WreathsLast Roll Call for Fallen of Jackson County Missouri Kent Egy, Warren Parker, Paul Ray, Carson Ross, George Scarborough, Mike Shanin (all Vietnam Veterans)Ringing of Bell Dale Walkup, Veteran-National Guard Moment of Silence Benediction Jeffery Mercer, Chaplain KC-VA Hospital & Vietnam Veteran-ArmyBagpipes Gary Mosby, Pipes & Drums of Ararat ShrineSalute to the Fallen VFW District 5 Rifle Squad Playing of Taps Marty Meyers, Meyers Funeral Chapels Retire the Colors VFW District 5 Color Guard

6:00 p.m.Education Field closes and The Wall That Heals Exhibition Ends

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There it is.This visitor of granite.This symbol of usHere in the presentBinding us to the past.Polished and gleaming.Reflecting life,Honoring death.Even as a replicaIt begs to be touched.By remorseful hands.It was created for embrace,To sense, to summon forthOur deepest thoughts,And sorrowful emotions.There it is.A messenger of love,A messenger of peace,We with bowed headsBurdened with the yoke of guiltAnd ignorant denunciationPlead for forgiveness.From everyName after name, after name, after name.Column after column, after column, after col-umn.We wrongly echoedShame after shame, after shame, after shame.Now quivering lips and heavy heartsFor every name, after name, after name, after name.Column, after column, after column, after column.There it is.Here am IAnd where are you?You, who still walks in the shadow of indiffer-

ence,You, where gratitude does not reside.You, whose ears fail to hearThe words of valor and sacrifice.You, who somehow believeLife, liberty and the pursuit of happinessAre entitlements.And not bequeathed to youBy those heroes upon that wall.Or on those thankful memorialsThroughout this bountiful land.And under tombstones, flowers and flags.There it is.History upon a wall.As I humbly stand before itEffervescing with indebtedness,Beaming with pride.Words fail meBut my tears do not.My fingers sense your being

Your dedication and devotionTo your country, my country.And a life lost too soon.Your epitaph lives onIn this replicaAnd on Washington’s sacred soil.Where the encomium never ends.There it is.Not saturnineOr inanimateBut sanguine and living.Generations from nowNone will remember me.But to you, burnished on that wallOf granite and blood.Who fought in VietnamYour name glows.And to you living veteransWho hid your honored uniformsIn cellars and closets.

It is time to salute your brethrenBy proudly saying - I was there.There it is.A moving epitaph.Of column after column, after column, after column..Still space remains for thoseStill unknown.As you lie in graves of heroesTake comfort in thatSomeone always remembers,Someone always makes it right,And we didIn a monumental way.To veterans living and veterans dead.Thank you and welcome home.Every name after name, after name, after name.Every column, after column, after column, after column

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The Education Center at The Wall is an initiative to honor the more than 58,000 men and women whose names have been forever etched into black granite stone as a reminder of the ultimate sacrifice they gave for our freedom. In support of this new Education Center, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has made a plea to the public for its support in connecting names to faces.

“The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was built so that we would never forget those who have served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War,” Jason Cain, Director of Veter-ans Outreach Programs and Director of the traveling Wall That Heals replica said. “We are hoping the public will help us collect the photos for every name on The Wall to be dis-played on larger than life screens in the future Education Center and also be included on VVMF’s Virtual Wall that is already online.”

Whether the photos of the fallen heroes on The Wall are scanned on-site during The Wall That Heals event or mailed directly to VVMF, the goal is to connect every name with a face, which will be displayed at the Educa-tion Center on that individual’s birthday.

“The Education Center will be built directly across the street from The Wall and the focus of its design will be the wall that will display large scale photos of the fallen,” Cain said.

An information tent at The Wall That Heals event will give visitors the opportu-nity to submit a photo, which will be scanned on-site, as well as receive help in entering a remembrance for the Virtual Wall which will be posted online.

Michael Gormalley, from Kansas City, Mo,

a Vietnam veteran and Advisory Board Mem-ber for the VVMF Education Center is hopeful that the national call will continue to produce the much needed photos for the Virtual Wall in D.C. and online.

“We began this initiative in September

of 2009 and have received many photos,” Gormalley said. “We need all the faces to put with all the names of our fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War.”

As the push for photos continue, so does the fundraising efforts to build The Educa-tion Center that is estimated to cost over $85 million.

“The Education Center is being funded by private corporations and individual dona-tions,” Gormalley said. “Construction cannot begin until we raise the funds.”

With large donations from corporations and organizations such as VFW, Time Warner, FedEx and the Heisley Family Foundation, progress has been made in the fundraising campaign, although they are still a long way from the projected amount needed to begin.

“We currently have 23 governors on board,” Cain said, “along with a $1,000,000 challenge gift from San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt.”

The challenge from Holt, a Vietnam vet-eran who is CEO of Holt CAT and owner of several Texas professional sports teams, means that if you live in Texas, for every dollar you donate, he will match it.

“The Education Center will not only dis-play the photos behind each name on The Wall, but will be a place to learn and better understand the impact the Vietnam War had on this country and its people,” Gormalley said.

For more information on how to submit a photo visit www.buildthecenter.org. To see VVMF’s Virtual Wall online, visit www.vvmf.org.

Future Education Center in D.C. to display larger than life photos

Using the Virtual WallObtain a scan of the photograph (this can be done at many different locations such as CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc) with the highest quality setting possible. From the VVMF.org website, click on the Virtual Wall tab and then search for the individuals name. Once you locate the individual, click on their profile, and then post a remembrace. Fill out the necessary information and then make sure select “Attach an Image from my computer”. Locate the scanned file on your computer and submit the remembrance. If you chose to do so, an email will be sent that notifies you when the image has been posted to the individuals profile.

Scan and upload the photograph from home On The Virtual Wall, find the servicemember’s profile page and click on post a remembrance. Complete the required information and choose Attach an Image from my computer. Click on next step to review the remembrance before submitting it for approval.

E-mail your scanned image to the Memorial FundIf you have a scanner at home, you can e-mail it as an attachment (jpg, jpeg or gif preferred) to [email protected] with the subject “Put a Face with a Name.” In the body of the e-mail, be sure to include the servicemember’s name, your name, a password and any other information you would like included in the remembrance.

Mail a copy of your photograph to the Memorial FundMake a copy of your photo. VVMF does not want original photos and cannot be responsible for return-ing photos to donors. When having the photo copied, ask the photo professional to make it the highest quality possible, use a glossy finish and reproduce the photo at an 8 x 10 size, if possible. Fill out the photo submission form and package it up for mailing with the copy of the photo. When mailing, please indicate on the front of the envelope that a photo is enclosed.

Mail to:Vietnam Veterans Memorial FundAttn: Call for Photos2600 Virginia Avenue, NW Suite 104Washington, D.C. 20037 For more information about how to add a photograph to the collection, please contact the Memorial Fund at (202) 393-0090 or via email at [email protected].

Remembering them by connecting names to faces “We need all the faces to put with all the names of our fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War.”

MICHAEL GORMALLEYVietnam Veteran from Kansas City, MO

Advisory Board Member for the VVMF Education Center

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tive duty during the Vietnam Era (Aug. 5, 1964-May 7, 1975).

•8,744,000 GIs were on active duty during the war (Aug 5, 1964 - March 28, 1973).

•3,403,100 (Including 514,300 offshore) personnel served in the Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand, and sailors in ad-jacent South China Sea waters).

•2,594,000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (Jan. 1, 1965 - March 28, 1973)

•Another 50,000 men served in Vietnam be-tween 1960 and 1964.

•Of the 2.6 million, between 1 - 1.6 million (40 - 60%) either fought in combat, pro-vided close support or were at least fairly regularly exposed to enemy attack.

•7,484 women (6,250 or 83.5% were nurses) served in Vietnam.

•Peak troop strength in Vietnam: 543,482 (April 30, 1968)

CASUALTIES...•Hostile deaths: 47,418 •Non-hostile deaths: 10,811 •Total: 58,229 (Includes men formerly classi-

fied as MIA and Mayaguez casualties). Men who have subsequently died of wounds account for the changing total.

•8 nurses died -- 1 was KIA. •Married men killed: 17,539 •61% of the men killed were 21 or younger. •Highest state death rate: West Virginia

- 84.1% (national average 58.9% for every 100,000 males in 1970).

•Wounded: 303,704 -- 153,329 hospitalized + 150,375 injured requiring no hospital care.

•Severely disabled: 75,000 -- 23,214 - 100% disabled; 5,283 lost limbs; 1,081 sustained multiple amputations.

•Amputation or crippling wounds to the lower extremities were 300% higher than in WWII and 70% higher than Korea. Mul-tiple amputations occurred at the rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in WWII.

•Missing in Action: 2,338 •POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity)

VIETNam WaR STaTISTICS lCourtesy of the VFW Magazine and the Public Information Office,HQ CP Forward Observer -1st Recon April 12, 1997

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In 1967, Larry Gene Barham bought a brand new Chev-rolet Chevelle Super-sport. Eight months later he was drafted into the Army dur-ing the Vietnam War. Private First Class Barham didn’t get a chance to finish his race at the track.

On February 6, 1968 the Kansas City Star printed a map of the conflict in Vietnam showing where the soldiers of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam and the Army of North Vietnam had launched an attack on January 31 of that year against South Vietnam and the United States. The news reports horrified the United States with more than 80,000 communist troops striking more than 100 towns, cities and capitals.

The family of Larry Barham didn’t see the paper that day as they were grieving the news of his death in South Vietnam.

Larry was the oldest of four brothers whose parents had to endure watching all of them, one by one, leave for a foreign land to fight for their lives in a misunderstood war.

“I was a senior in high school when we received the news of my brother’s death,” Barham’s brother Jerry said. “We lived in a small town and the rumor was, I would be drafted next, so I joined the Navy.”

Serving two terms in Vietnam, Jerry deals with the memories and loss through the love he has of his brother by paying tribute to him through the 1967 Chevelle.

“It wasn’t until 1995 when my dad finally let me take it home,” he said. “It sat in his garage year after year. Finally I just showed up with a trailer and said I’m bringing this car back to life,” and he did.

The 1967 Chevelle will be on display at The

Wall That Heals along with posters of the Feb-ruary 6, 1968 Kansas City Star reprint of the map of Vietnam with the headline “Where the Red Offensive Struck in Vietnam.”

‘I didn’t even know the map of the attack, that was printed on the day my brother died, existed until 20 years later,” he said. “We will have copies of that map to give to Vietnam veterans at The Wall That Heals.”

Barham who lives in Kansas City and owns Missouri Poster and Banner named his son Larry after his brother and now has a grandson, who also carries the namesake of his uncle whose life was cut too short by the war.

The Chevelle with only 54,000 miles on the odometer has the original mechanics and their hometown of Portageville, Missouri sticker still on the side window.

“The car is God’s wink to my brother,” Jerry said.

The eternal bond between brothers through the love of a car

Larry Gene BarhamSeptember 11, 1945 -February 6, 1968 is honored on Panel

37E, Row 48.

The Barham family will be at The Wall That Heals with Larry’s 1967 Chev-rolet Chevelle Supersport (left) as well as reprints of the February 6, 1968 map (above) showing the conflict in Vietnam during what was referred to as the Tet Offensive and considered to be the largest military operation yet conducted by either side up to that point in the war.

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In honor ofCharles W. DornonKilled in Action, Vietnam, June 18, 1969

Charles William DornonWichita, Kansas

08/26/1946

E4-Specialist FourArmy of the United States

D CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CALVARY,1ST CAV DIV, USARV

Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam

ON THE WALL: Panel 22W Line 075

Our Hero…your children,Sherrie BradyPaul Dornon

I have come to realize, with the passage of time,a huge part of what it means when a love one

lays their life on the line for our Freedom.It is profound.

There are no words to ever adequately describe it.And, as time passes, those thoughts never leave,

but become only more precious as my Dad becomes more precious to me.

He is for so many reasons, the face of Freedom.

COLLECTING THE mEmORaBILIa l

Items left at The Wall That Heals are handled with special care By Sandy TurnerThe Examiner

Some will bring letters, notes and cards while others leave behind sentimental treasures, pictures or some cryptic symbol of their love. Regardless of what items visi-tors may leave at The Wall That Heals, each one is handled, preserved and stored with respect, care and admiration.

As an Archivist at the Midwest Geneal-ogy Center and member of the local Wall That Heals committee, Diana Watkins feels privileged and honored to take upon the task of archiving these tokens of remem-brance during the time the traveling display is at Pink Hill Park in Blue Springs.

“This is the most important task I’ve ever had in my career,” Watkins said. “My father spent his career in the military so I have a very strong emotional tie to this event. These items that are left for our Vietnam veterans who didn’t return home will be treated with the utmost respect and care.”

With a crew of nearly 20 volunteers, Watkins and team will collect memorabilia from The Wall each evening. Items will be

wrapped, catalogued and boxed at The Wall site and then stored temporarily at the Mid-west Genealogy Center.

“The volunteers have been trained on how to handle the hundreds of items that will be placed at The Wall,” she said. “From knowing how to properly archive letters to teddy bears, we are equipped to preserve these things until a permanent repository is found for them.”

The ritual of leaving items at The Wall is believed to have begun in 1982 when con-struction had begun in Washington, D.C. of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Someone placed a Purple Heart in the concrete as it

was being poured and since that time the public has been placing objects at the base of The Wall.

The Park Service rangers collect and inventory each night at the Memorial in D.C. and now have over 100,000 items stored at the Museum Resource Center in Landover, Maryland.

“Discussion is still in the process of whether a repository could be found here locally, large enough to store these items or if they will go to D.C.,” Watkins said. “For right now they will be archived, placed in boxes and stored in our rare book room which is climate controlled and equipped with a special fire suppression system.”

Every visitor at The Wall has the opportunity to honor these Vietnam Veter-ans who lost their lives with their presence and memories or by leaving tokens of their appreciation, love and honor.

“I will be overseeing these items the entire time,” Watkins said of volunteering during this four-day period, “ to ensure these memories stay intact and safe.”

The Midwest Genealogy Center, located at 3440 S. Lee’s Summit Road in Indepen-dence, is part of the Mid-Continent Library System and provides resources and the lat-est in technology for genealogical research. For more information call 816-252-7228.

WHAT WERE THE BIGGEST AND THE SMALLEST ITEMS LEFT?

The largest is a painting on a sliding glass door which was left in association with a reproduction of a full-size tiger cage. The painting shows a scene in Vietnam and lists the names of all of the U.S. Department of Defense, Vietnam War POW and MIA’s. The glass door is nearly 9’ high and 5’ wide. The tiger cage is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s, Museum of American History. The second contender is a custom-built Harley-Davidson motorcycle left at the Me-morial by a group of Wisconsin citizens and Vietnam veterans. As to the smallest, there are many pebbles, coins, tokens, rings, small badges, and commemorative pins in the collection; it is difficult to say with certainty which is the smallest.

Information from The National Park Service

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By Sandy TurnerThe ExaminerInformation and photo gathered from Wikipedia

In late December of 1980 2,573 people registered for the design competition of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. A design was chosen from a jury of eight architects and sculptors from 1,421 designs that were submitted. All designs were identified only by number to preserve the anonymity of their authors.

The design by a 21-year-old was unanimously selected in May of 1981. Maya Ying Lin, as a Yale University architecture student would embark on designing one of the most visited memorials in the United States.

Lin grew up in Ohio, after her parents moved there from China, one year before she was born. Both of her parents worked at the Ohio University College, her father as dean of Fine Arts and her mother as Professor of Literature. Her aunt, a well-known Chinese poet was the first female architect in China and helped design the Chinese National Emblem.

After designing the Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lin continued in a career filled with uniquely designed pieces of architecture, and is also known for designing the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, the Women’s Table at Yale, an earth sculpture for the University of Michigan and a translucent clock in the ceiling of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station.

In 2001, as part of the Confluence Project which provides history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lin transformed seven places along the Columbia River Basin with art illustra-tions highlighting the changes this expedition brought to the Pacific Northwest.

Most recently her environmental art projects have included the Wave Field, an 11-acre work of art at New York’s Storm King Art Center and a 30-ton sculpture called “2x4 Land-scape” at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, California.

In 2009 she completed “Silver River” in Las Vegas which is part of a public fine art col-lection at MGM Mirage’s City Center. “Silver River” is an 84-foot cast of the Colorado River made entirely of reclaimed silver. Also in 2009, Maya Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.

Lin now operates the Maya Lin Studio in New York City.

The design of a 21-year-old grad student makes history

Maya Ying Lin/photo from wikipedia.com

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The promise of love — for forever and a dayBy Sandy TurnerThe Examiner

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland.

When she awoke she knew it was a dream because her husband of 32 years was asleep beside her. It seemed so real - she could still smell him, see him, feel his touch. Reality immersed her again, even after 40 years, she still grieves for her true love.

Larry Wyatt Kilgore graduated from Raytown High School in 1969 and was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War shortly after. His dreams of becoming a family man, marrying his lifelong sweetheart and possibly becom-ing a minister were shattered on October 20, 1970 when he was killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam.

At 10 years of age, Larry met the girl of his dreams at church. Sue Randazzo was only eight, but the two of them became inseparable for the next 10 years.

“Since I was the older sister I spent a lot of time chauf-feuring those two around,” Sharon (Kilgore) Thomas said. “I knew that someday they would be married.”

Just before leaving for the Army, at 19, Larry proposed to seventeen-year-old Sue. Shortly after he was deployed to Vietnam.

“He wrote many letters,” Sue said. “And always signed them ‘Love you, forever and a day.’”

The family was notified of Larry’s death and although losing him was more than they could stand, not knowing

how it happened or if he had suffered, was agonizing.Sharon (Kilgore) Thomas, Larry’s sister remembers the

frustration of not knowing how he was killed. “After the Army told us that he was being escorted

home by a good friend from combat we thought at least we would know what happened.”

Sue and the family soon learned the young man who came home with Larry didn’t actually know him at all and they lost all confidence they would ever know the truth of what really happened.

“We just all shut down,” Sharon said. “We packed up his things, quit talking about it, lost touch with Sue, it was just too much to handle.”

Two years ago the Lee’s Summit Historical Society con-tacted Sharon and asked if she would mind if Larry was honored at a Veteran’s Day Ceremony that was going to be held.

“I hadn’t talked to her for years but the first person I knew I had to call was Sue. That ceremony was the spark we needed to seek out the truth about Larry’s death and together we have,” she said of her and Sue’s rekindled friendship.

Larry had been injured by a tripped claymore mine that surrounded their infantry unit. His foot had been badly damaged, although the commanding officers’ reassuring words that he now had his ticket to go home, he knew it would be alright. He would once again be with Sue.

The Medevac helicopter Larry had been loaded into col-

lided with a scout team in another copter. Seven people died in the Medevac copter.

“The pilot of the scout team copter survived,” Sharon said, “as well as the gunner. After posting on the Internet that we were looking for information concerning Larry’s death, I spoke to the pilot as well as many others and knowing has truly helped the grieving process.”

Recently Larry’s dog tags were returned after a travel agency who take Vietnam Vets and their families to Viet-nam were given hundreds of tags the villagers had kept.

“I still can’t look at it,” Sue said. “It’s like the one thing that will prove that he died.”

Larry Wyatt Kilgore, November 6, 1950 – October 20, 1970 is honored on Panel 6W, Row 12

Larry Kilgore and Sue Randazzo-Tanner before his deploy-ment to Vietnam.

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Marty Meyers, playing TAPS at a veteran’s service at the Missouri Veteran’s Cemetery in Higginsville.

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Having a strong commitment to their country, Meyers Funeral Home caters to the veterans in this area by guiding them through the process of receiving the honors they deserve when their time on earth is done.

Brothers Dennis and Marty Meyers provide more than just funeral services information.

"We are personally and emotionally involved in getting a veteran or their family member the factual information on receiving free veteran services," Marty said. "What’s really unfortunate is that there are cemeteries out there that claim to be a veteran’s cemetery, but they aren’t, and the services aren’t free."

Meyers Funeral Chapel assists their clients by providing them with information and in trans-porting their loved one to the Missouri Veteran’s Cemetery in Higginsville.

In November of 1999, the Missouri State Cemetery System of the Missouri Veterans Commission dedicated and opened a new state cemetery in Higginsville. The cemetery is located on 55 acres of a beautifully landscaped hillside just north of town. The grounds include small lakes, a committal shelter, a columbarium wall and an administration building. The staff

and support groups are dedicated to maintain the dignity and solemnity of this place of honor.

The mission of the Missouri Veterans Cemetery System is to provide internment for veterans and their eligible dependents in a dig-nified, efficient and compassionate manner.

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It was her sixteenth birthday but instead of celebrating a mile-stone in her life’s jour-ney, Cindy Bush-Comer was grieving with her family after learning of their friends’ death in a land far from his home of Indepen-dence.

Charles Alfred Pope, Jr. was only 19 when he died in Quang Nam, South Viet-nam. After graduating from Truman High School in 1969, Pope enlisted with the Marines.

Growing up on Spring Street in Inde-pendence, the Comer family embraced Pope as one of their own.

“He just lived down the street and was always at our house hanging out with my older brothers,” Bush recalls. “Char-lie was the kind of kid that everyone

adored. He loved The Lord and wasn’t afraid to share his faith with others.”

Encouraging others to come to his church, Imman-uel Baptist, Charlie found that he could entice the Comer brothers, as well as others, by inviting them to be on the church’s softball team.

“The rule was if you play, you go to church on

Sundays,” Bush said. “The bottom line is that Charlie, even at a young age, knew the importance of introducing the mes-sage of God to his friends, whatever strategy it took to get it done.”

Although the Comer family thought that they had dodged the draft lottery after both brothers had been released because of college obligations, it was a sad day when Charlie announced his decision.

“My mom cried and I was too young to understand the emotions that were tied to him leaving,” she said. “But now, as I look at my 30-year-old son, I realize how young 19 really was and I could only imagine how his mother must have felt.”

Never knowing exactly how Charlie died, Bush’s youngest brother began to investigate and found this information on the virtual wall found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial website: www.thevir-tualwall.org.

Posted for: CHARLES ALFRED POPE, JR.“His 7 man Recon team was being

extracted from a mountainous area after one of them fell and hurt himself badly. The copter could not land and the team was saved using a SPIE rig. Hang-ing under the copter, they died together in the fog and dark when the copter crashed into a mountain two miles from their base. Pope was the team’s M79 Grenadier.”

While he was deployed Charlie sent letters to the Comer family and occasion-ally the brothers would get one individu-ally addressed to them. Nearing the end of his time in Vietnam, Bush assumed she was too young to get a letter from Charlie.

“The letter addressed to me finally did come,” Bush said with an emotion filled voice, even after 40 years. “It came just a couple days after we learned of his death.”

Remembering her friend who didn’t come home“Charlie was the kind of kid

that everyone adored. He loved The Lord and wasn’t afraid to share his faith with others.”

CINDY BUSH-COMERon the death of

Charles Alfred Pope, Jr.

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Wall That Heals on Panel 6W, Row 69

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When and how was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. built?

It was dedicated on November 13, 1982. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, founded by Jan C. Scruggs, started the project in 1979, and work began at the site on March 26, 1982. In just three and a half years, Scruggs and many other veterans and supporters worked to convince Congress to give a three acre plot of land on the pres-tigious National Mall for a memorial dedi-cated to honoring those servicemembers who served in Vietnam. The Memorial Fund raised the necessary funds and also coor-dinated a celebration called “The National Salute to Vietnam Veterans Week” at the 1982 dedication.

Who paid for the Memorial?The Memorial Fund raised $8.4 million

entirely from private donations from more than 275,000 individuals, veterans and civic organizations, corporations, foundations, and unions. No Federal funds were used.

How many names are on the Memorial? At the dedication in 1982, there were

57,939 names inscribed on the Memo-rial. As of Memorial Day, 2010, there are 58,267 names. These are names of military personnel who were wounded in Vietnam between 1957 and 1975 and ultimately died of their wounds. (1959 and 1975 are the years inscribed on The Wall. The first casu-alty on Panel 1 East, Line 1 dates from 1959. However, the name of a servicemember who died in 1957 was added after The Wall was dedicated.)

How were the names obtained? The Department of Defense compiled a

list of combat zone casualties according to Presidential Executive Order #11216, hand-ed down by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 24, 1965. It specified Vietnam, and adjacent coastal waters, as a combat zone. This zone was expanded to include Laos, Cambodia and air force bases in Thailand.

How are the names arranged? The names are in chronological order,

according to the date of casualty (which is not necessarily the date of death, but rather the date from the point of injury which led to the death). As prescribed by Maya Lin, The Wall’s designer, this arrangement allows those servicemembers who died together to forever be linked.

How can you find a name, if the listing on The Wall is not alphabetical?

You must refer to a database, which gives the names in alphabetical order and includes the position on the Memorial. This can be in the form of a book, “The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Directory of Names” or one of various databases. The directory can be purchased by calling (202) 347-2054. You also may search the Memorial Fund’s online database.

Which is the East Wall, and which is the West Wall?

The wall reaching to the right as you look at the memorial’s names is the East Wall; the wall to the left is the West Wall. In Washington, D.C., the Memorial is posi-tioned so that the East Wall reaches directly towards the Washington Monument, and the West Wall to the Lincoln Memorial.

How are the panels numbered? There are 70 separate panels (plus a

panel at each end without names) on each wall, totaling 140 panels of names. The list

starts and ends at the vertex, or middle, of the Memorial. Beginning with the year 1959 inscribed at the top of the panel on Panel 1 East (1E), the listing goes out to the right, to the end of the East Wall, Panel 70 East (70E). It resumes at the end of the West Wall, Panel 70 West (70W), and continues to the right, to Panel 1 West (1W), with 1975 inscribed at the very bottom. Designer Maya Lin wanted the names to be arranged in an almost circular manner, having the first names reaching out and combing back to touch the last names of those killed.

How can I find a name on the Memorial? Refer to the Directory of Names. The

last entry of each line gives the position of the name on The Wall. For example, to find Panel 17 East, Line 22: go to the middle of the Memorial, Panel 1 East. Continue walk-ing to the right for 17 panels. (Every panel has the panel number listed at the bottom.) Go to the top of Panel 17 East. (On every other panel, there are dots to the right of the names, for Eastern Panels, and to the left for Western Panels, indicating every tenth line.) Go down two dots, indicating 20 lines, and then count down two more lines. You will now be able to find the name from Panel 17 East, Line 22.

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Vietnam veterans visiting The Wall That Heals will receive a medal, lapel pin or patch in honor of their time, sacrifice and service during the Viet-nam War.

No paperwork is required in order to receive a medal, although veterans will need to register with an attendant at the Veterans Registration Tent. If the vet-eran served time in a region in which active military operations were in progress, he or she will have a choice of the medal, lapel pin or patch. All other veterans may choose between a lapel pin or patch. All veterans who register will receive a Certifica-tion of Appreciation.

Designing the com-mendations for The Wall That Heals event in Blue Springs began with many dis-

cussions and brainstorming.Warren Parker, one of the leaders of The Wall

That Heals Commit-tee, played an inte-

gral part in design-ing the medals and as a Vietnam Veteran, knew the importance of producing something that

would show the pride and appre-

ciation the veterans deserve.“I began by sketching

out some ideas,” Parker said. “A group of us,

after many hours of discussion,

presented the idea to Larry Randall, an artist with the Blue Springs Public Art

Commission who developed

the medal design. We produced 2,000 of

each to offer to veterans.”The edging of the medals have 58 hash

marks to represent the 58,000 fallen heroes whose names have been etched into The Wall. The symbols for the military branches and POW/MIAs are also displayed along with blocks of Vietnam colors.

“The medals say ‘From a Grateful Nation,’ Parker said, “because even though they are receiving them in Blue Springs, the entire nation is grateful and proud of them.”

Four words many of them did not hear when returning from the war, headline the medal – Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans.

Parker recently made a trip to the VA Hospital in Kansas City to be sure that those veterans who could not attend would receive their medal.

“We would be honored to give a medal to our area Vietnam veterans,” Parker said.

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u “There’s A Memorial In Kansas City” recited it at the rededication ceremony of WorldWar I Liberty Memorial on May 25, 2002.

u “I Watched Them Go” was converted into a song and performed to a standing ovation atPittsburgh State University.

u “I Held The Flag Today” became the most published and publicized poem in the countryin 2001 and ‘02.

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On the third day after the attacks of September 11, Jerry Plantz like so many other Americans, began to feel the tug to be more patriotic. As a veteran of the Army, Plantz knew too well what this attack on American soil would bring. Soon after he would become known as the “Poet of Patriotism.”

Having had a career in the media, as a journalist and executive news producer at KMBC-TV9 he began his own business in public relations and marketing. Plantz had never considered being a poet, although while holding the flag, he was inspired to write “I Held The Flag Today” which he recited 10 days later at the first candlelight ceremony of United Flight 93.

Nine years later Plantz has published two books containing stories and poems about our country and has spoken at patriotic and community events across the country. His words of patriotism have touched thou-sands of people across the globe as it reso-nates the common thread of Americans -

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Today” was one of the most published and publicized poems in the country in 2001 and 2002,” Plantz said. “The words come from the heart and I’m touched that I have been able to share my inspirations with so many others.”

The Lee’s Summit resident began his connection to the military even before his time serving in the Army. He worked his way through college at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania by working at a nearby VA hospital.

“When my classes were at night I was a nurses’ aide during the day, when they were during the day, I would be a janitor at night,” Plantz said. “The nursing staff

would warn me not to get too attached to the patients, although it would happen anyway. My heart would ache when I’d return to work to find one of them gone from their bed only to find out that they had died.”

His career path which led him to this time of making history with his poems is extensive. Through his career he has been a newspaper reporter, magazine and radio columnist, magazine publisher, market-ing and public relations consultant, media

buyer, video producer, copy writer, political consultant, public speaker and personal manager as well as being the co-founder of the local chapter of The Leukemia Society of America, Inc.

He has recited many of his poems at history making events such as the rededica-tion of the World War I Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, military homecomings, troop rallies as well as for elementary schools, civic organizations and city ceremonies. One of his poems “I Watched Them Go” has been converted into a song and performed to a standing ovation at Pittsburgh State University.

The poem “The Moving Epitaph” will be highlighted on local country music station KFKF with Dale Carter the days preceding The Wall That Heals event.

His passion is to help people, whether with inspirational poems and stories or pub-lic speaking. Plantz is available to speak at events about patriotism in America and can be contacted by calling 816-246-4058. He is also available for public relations consulting.

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By Sandy TurnerThe ExaminerInformation from www.vietnam.ttu.edu

Portraying another role women played during the Vietnam War, Blue Springs high school students, dressed in Donut Dollie uniforms made at school, will be passing out 240 dozen donuts during The Wall That Heals event.

In 1966 the American Red Cross, in an effort to provide recreational services to the servicemen who were posted too far from the USO (United Service Organiza-tion) during the Vietnam War began recruiting female college graduates between the ages of 21 and 26 to par-ticipate in “Clubmobiles.”

Clubmobiles were game-show-like entertainment programs the women would create on base and then travel in jeeps and helicopters to troop camp-sites. Donut Dollies would also bring along candy, cards, books, mirrors and other items to distribute to the soldiers. Red Cross recreation centers would also be set up in more permanent locations

where they would serve coffee and Kool Aid and offer activities such as games, reading libraries and entertainment.

Patrick Curry, Vietnam Veteran is quoted on Texas Tech University’s Viet-nam Center and Archive as saying: “The Donut Dollies, God bless them, used to go out in the jungle in a helicopter and talk to the guys and all that. They played these games and the games weren’t the point, everybody knew that, the point was the soldiers got to talk to a woman and all and see somebody who didn’t smell like bug juice.”

The women could choose to go to Korea or Vietnam and participated in a two-week training course in Washing-ton, D.C. before going overseas for a full year.

Donut Dollies also visited the hospitals and would hand out activity books they had made themselves containing puzzles, riddles, cartoons and jokes The days and hours were long for these young women but they brought a ray of sunshine to the troops with their smiles and activi-

ties.In November of 1993 a number of

Donut Dollies participated in the dedica-tion of the Women’s Memorial at the Wall. A poem, written on the back of their powder blue T-Shirts says it all:

A touch of home in a combat zone

A smiling face at a bleak firebase

The illusion of calm in VIETNAM

Red Cross volunteers bring smiles and sunshine to Vietnam

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Remarks at the Wall on Behalf of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project Divider

- Kathryn Wrolstad Ling, American Red Cross, SMH, RVN, 1967-68, November 11, 1996

It is a great honor to be here today and to speak on behalf of the 265,000 women who served during the Viet-nam War Era. While I represent all the women who’s service is recognized by the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, today I will focus briefly on the area of service in which I was enrolled: The American Red Cross.

Official records indicate that a total of 1,120 women served with the Red Cross in Vietnam during that 11 year period. Of that number, 627 were young women who were part of the organization’s Supplemental Recreation Activi-ties Overseas (SRAO) program, fondly known as Donut Dollies. The other women, such as myself, served in the Ser-vice to Military Hospitals (SMH) and the Service to Military Installations (SMI) programs. (Source: Celebration of Patrio-tism and Courage)

Four American Red Cross women died in Vietnam: Hanna Crews(1969), Virginia Kirsch (1970), Lucinda Richter (1971) and former Red Cross worker, Sharon Weslesy(1975- Operation Babylift). Their names are a permanent part of the Memorial Garden at the American Red Cross National Headquarters located at 17th and D here in Washington. I

encourage you to visit there.Most of the women who served in Vietnam did so as

volunteers, both military and civilian. We volunteered to go into that Field of War, with all the naiveté, confidence and enthusiasm that goes with youth. We didn’t think of ourselves as kids, after all most of us had finished our degrees. The very men we dealt with, whether as patients or as combat soldiers, were usually younger than us. Twelve months latter we left that combat field forever older, for-ever altered.

But we have gone on and this Field in which we gather today has been an important part of our life’s journey.

For me this Field, anchored by the Wall, with boundar-ies defined by the statue of 3 young soldiers eternally on point and by the women’s statue so poignantly capturing the compassion and caring of the women who served: these artists landmarks define a very special place.

It is my hope that this Field will be remembered, not as a Field of Combat but as a Healing Field. A Field where peo-ple who have experienced the realities of combat can still find and share compassion. Where scars of war are healed: healed through the love, concern and generosity of spirit that we have shown one another. A Field where strang-ers, sharing only an experience can comfort one another. A Field where we learn to care and to share those dark and dangerous thoughts. A place were tears don’t reach the

ground but are caught on the shoulder of a friend.May the camaraderie, the comfort and compassion we

share with one another be so strong that it permeates this very air, so that visitors to this Field will know that some-thing very special happens here. A Field that has witnessed the compassion of combat altered people is a Field rich in love, rich in memories, and rich in healing.

Let this Field be remembered for those who died in Viet-nam, but also for those who served in Vietnam and lived, for those who served throughout the world in this cause as well as those who waited at home for returning warriors, people forever changed. Individuals who continued the healing journey, the journey to peace long after the war was declared ended. The legacy of those who lived will be that the War didn’t conquer them, but that they conquered the War.

This Field, sanctified with the blood of 58,000 dead, and sustained by the spirit of those who were touched by the War and conquered it, this Field is too a monument. Long after we are gone people will come to this Field and know that the power of the human spirit was at force here and can be found here and shared here and joined her. This Field of Healing.

For the women who died there, for the women who served there, it too is our field and I for one, proudly claim it.

Remarks spoken at The Wall paid tribute to women who served in Vietnam War

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Whatever the reason, obstacle or doubt veterans may have about enrolling for ben-efits they are due, the staff at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center will be on hand during The Wall That Heals to answer ques-tions, enroll or to just listen.

Shari Grewe, representative for the VISN 15 of the Department of Veteran Affairs, hopes veterans will take the opportunity to visit the The Wall That Heals.

“This exhibit gives us a chance to get veterans enrolled in the VA system so they can receive the benefits they are due. Our booth will have information on those ben-efits as well as provide free screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pres-sure,” Grewe said. “At least we hope they will come by so we can answer questions, address their doubts or help them in any way we can. It’s our way of saying Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans and thanking them for their service to our country.”

The VA booth will provide veterans and their families with information on claims for housing and services as well as counselors who have extensive knowledge dealing with Posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD).

Grewe, having worked at the VA for 32 years and married to a Vietnam veteran, understands the trust factor that is involved with veterans, especially those from the Vietnam War.

“It’s very difficult for them to step up and ask for help,” she said. “But they have to know they earned these benefits and we want to help in any way we can. We respect them as individuals, their rights and their privacy.”

Symptoms of PTSD can not only be ter-rifying but may disrupt the lives of those who suffer from reliving horrific events and sights they have witnessed. Four types of PTSD which are common with veterans of war include: reliving the event (flashbacks), avoiding situations that remind them of the event, feeling numb and not being able to express feelings and constantly feeling jit-tery and anxious.

“You can get better from the symptoms of PTSD,” Grewe said. “But sometimes it takes getting help from professionals.”

There will be representatives from the

VA at The Wall That Heals from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day as well as a staff mem-ber who will be at the booth throughout each night.

Information can also be obtained by call-ing 1-816-922-2122 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Veterans Crisis Interven-tion Hotline number is: 1-888-899-9377. Sui-cide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255.

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From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website: www.vvmf.org

The Wall That Heals exhibition has three main components. All of the components are lit at night for 24-hour visitation.

The Wall ReplicaThe Wall That Heals exhibition features a half-scale rep-

lica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is approximately 250 feet in length, and like the original Memorial is erected in a chevron-shape. The replica is com-plete with the 58,249 names of those killed or missing in action from the conflict. When new names are added to the Memorial in Washington, D.C., The Wall That Heals is updated as soon as possible.

The replica is constructed of powder-coated aluminum, supported by an aluminum frame, and is made up of 24 individual panels, each containing six columns of names. The panels join together to form a nearly 250 feet wide structure.

The names on The Wall That Heals replicate the names on The Wall in Washington, D.C. As on The Wall, the names are listed alphabetically by day of casualty. Begin-ning at the center/apex, the names start on the East Wall (right-hand side) working their way out to the end of that wing, picking up again at the far end of the West Wall (left-hand side) and working their way back in to the cen-ter/apex. Thus, the beginning and ending of the conflict

are joined at the center.

The Traveling Museum When emptied, the 53-foot trailer that carries The Wall

That Heals exhibition from town-to-town becomes a mobile museum. The exterior sides of the trailer open to reveal information cases displaying photos of servicemembers whose names are found on The Wall and letters left at the Memorial as remembrances. The information cases also feature memorabilia, which tells the story of the Vietnam War, The Wall and the era surrounding the conflict, as well as computers to help locate names on The Wall.

The Museum also includes a map of Vietnam and a chronological overview of the conflict in Vietnam. The Museum helps many visitors, particularly students, to put American experiences in Vietnam in a historical and cultural context.The Information Center

A 20’ x 20’ white canvas tent is attached to the trailer and serves as an Information Center where visitors can find names, either in a Directory of Names or by asking one of the volunteers working the computers. A variety of other useful materials, such as a book about MIAs, is also avail-able to assist visitors in their search.

Entries in the printed directory are in alphabetical order, making it easy to locate a specific name. Each entry is fol-lowed by a Panel and Line # to show where the name can be found on The Wall (example: 5E / 62 – Panel 5 East/Line 62).

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High school students and Vietnam veterans mend generation gapBy Sandy TurnerThe Examiner

The Vietnam War, for this generation, is often no more than a lesson in the history books. Tracy Konda, a social studies teacher from Mission Valley School District is teach-ing his students a lesson that can’t be found on the pages of a book.

The school project: Operation Search and Remember, in connection with The Wall That Heals event in Blue Springs, has connected Vietnam veterans with students and Konda is pleased with the results.

“We have 32 students who have gone out into the com-munity and found a Vietnam veteran who would share their story with them through an interviewing process,” Konda said of the school district, which encompasses the towns of Dover, Eskridge and Harveyville, 30 miles south-west of Topeka.

The veterans and students will travel by bus to The Wall That Heals, stopping by McDonalds on Woods Chapel in Blue Springs for lunch.

“Through fundraising in the community we will provide lunch for the veterans and their student friends. The Viet-nam Veterans of America Post #604 of Topeka helped us tremendously with donations as well as connecting us with several veterans. Being able to share the emotions of visit-ing The Wall will be a time to remember for students and

their veteran friends.”Veterans have also visited the

social studies class, sharing infor-mation and stories as the students learn about the Vietnam War, first-hand.

McDonalds on Woods Chapel, owned by Art Phillips is a gold level donor in bringing the wall to Blue Springs and are excited and anxious to host the group from Kansas.

“To be able to witness history in the making between one gen-eration to the next will be our privilege,” Deborah Jones from McCAMM Management, Co said.

Through the Search and Remember project, students will write a short essay about their veteran from the interviewing process.

“Our goal is to have a book put together with the vet-erans photos and their stories to be presented to them on Veteran’s Day,” Konda said.

From left to right is Korean/Vietnam veteran Ralph Knehans, Vietnam Veteran Gilbert Rameriz, and Vietnam Veteran Ron Zink.

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l I WaTCHED THEm GOI WATCHED THEM GO

By Jerry Plantz This poem was transposed to a choral ar-rangement by conductor Brian Hargrave and performed in concert by the Pittsburg State University Chorale, October 29, 2004 in Pittsburg, Kansas. It received a standing ovation.

I watched with sorrowI watched with woeI bit my lipAs I watched them go.

Yesterday they answered the roleOf various occupationsNow they’re on a listTo join with other nations.

There they are, there am IAnxieties build and mountFearing to let goMaking every second count.

I am here to wish them wellI know nary a oneYet I know all of themMother, father, daughter son.

It wasn’t long agoWith tears in our eyesWe stood on these docksGasping with sighs.

I held my husband’s handI gazed into his heartI felt our wedding vowsUntil death do us part.

I pray the sorrows of tomorrowMay never surpassThe pains of the presentAnd the burdens of the past.

And from the ship that callThe call to assembleI know it all too wellAs tender hearts tremble.

Every depth of sorrowLingers as they tearfully disbandEven the smallest infantSenses a trembling hand.

Like leaves in deepest AutumnWhich reluctantly let goTo join their scattered brethrenOn the grass and streets below.

No one moves as the vessel sailsOn that sea of realityCarrying that precious cargoInto a storm of finality.

Where is history taking them?Who among them shall return?What will we have garnered?What will we have learned?

Those questions reverberateFrom one generation to anotherI lost my dearest husbandAnd I will love no other.

We, they, you bear a sacrificeIn our own patriotic way.Yet saying good bye, perhaps for-everAre the saddest words we’ll say.

I watched with sorrowI watched with woeI bit my lipAs I watched them go

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If I should come home to Dover amid the military pomp, and long before I become a minute footnote in time,

I want my country to know that:I believed in all those patriotic mottos, songs and slogans.I voluntarily raised my hand to join comrades-in-arms.I trained with apprehension knowing that someday role-playing would

revolve into reality.I savored every strain and hardship that I endured with my new fraternity of

friends.Those friends came from a myriad of great American cities and counties.My comrades validated my life.They were part of my family.They knew of my blood family.They shared all of my memories and letters from home.They joined with my brother who is weaving his way through life in an

All-American high school in an All-American city.They felt my sister’s joy in her anticipation of impending married life.They understood my dad’s tears of pride from his military days, and of his

generation.They smiled and cried with my mom, who, as all moms silently do, bite their lips,

pray and ask-why?If I should come home to Dover, I want my country to know thatI am at peace with my God.I loved my country.Even its imperfections among all its blessed greatness.I had no regrets.I know “What ifs” are not relevant.I sacrificed without reservation.My family will grieve for me and my country will mourn.They will ply us with ribbons, medals, and soothing words of valor, and we will

proudly receive them, from the greatest tribute, to a loved one’s tears, to a simple “Thank you!”

Our souls nod in humble acceptance.I am coming home to Dover with others along side of me.Our silent request beneath these flags and flowers is for you to celebrate - living,

and that precious gift of freedom.

We have bequeathed that to you.And when there is time, take a moment to remember,always remember,We fought for those mottos, songs and slogans,We did it for our comrades and country,We did it for you.We hope you believe in them too.

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From www.vvmf.orgEach name is preceded (on the West

Wall) or followed (on the East Wall) by a symbol designating status.

The diamond symbol denotes that the servicemember’s death was confirmed.

Those whose names are designated by the cross symbol were in missing or prisoner status at the end of the war and remain missing and unaccounted for. In the event a serviceman’s remains are returned or he is otherwise accounted for, the diamond sym-

bol is superimposed over the cross.If a man returns alive, a circle, as a sym-

bol of life, will be inscribed around the cross. No such cases have occurred though some men have been found to be alive with their names on The Wall due to clerical errors. To put a circle around their names would not give a correct historical context to the symbols. These names are and have been removed from periodic revisions of the printed Directory of Names.

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l VIETNam WaR STaTISTICSCourtesy of the VFW Magazine and the Public Infor-

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RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND...•88.4% of the men who actually served in Viet-

nam were Caucasian; 10.6% (275,000) were black; 1% belonged to other races.

•86.3% of the men who died in Vietnam were Cauca-sian (includes Hispanics); 12.5% (7,241) were black; 1.2% belonged to other races.

•170,000 Hispanics served in Vietnam; 3,070 (5.2% of total) died there.

•70% of enlisted men killed were of North-west Euro-pean descent.

•86.8% of the men who were killed as a result of hostile action were Caucasian; 12.1% (5,711) were black; 1.1% belonged to other races.

•14.6% (1,530) of non-combat deaths were among blacks.

•34% of blacks who enlisted volunteered for the com-bat arms.

•Overall, blacks suffered 12.5% of the deaths in Viet-nam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the total population.

•Religion of Dead: Protestant -- 64.4%; Catholic -- 28.9%; other/none -- 6.7%

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS...•76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower

middle/working class backgrounds.

•Thee-fourths had family incomes above the poverty level; 50% were from middle income backgrounds.

•Some 23% of Vietnam vets had fathers with profes-sional, managerial or technical occupations.

•79% of the men who served in Vietnam had a high school education or better when they entered the military service. (63% of Korean War vets and only 45% of WWII vets had completed high school upon separation.)

•Deaths by region per 100,000 of pupulation: South -- 31%, West -- 29.9%; Midwest -- 28.4%; Northeast -- 23.5%.

WINNING & LOSING...•82% of veterans who saw heavy combat strongly

believe the war was lost because of lack of political will. •Nearly 75% of the public agrees it was a failure of

political will, not of arms.

HONORABLE SERVICE...•97% of Vietnam-era veterans were honorably dis-

charged. •91% of actual Vietnam War veterans and 90% of those

who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country.

•66% of Vietnam vets say they would serve again if called upon.

•87% of the public now holds Vietnam veterans in high esteem

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November 18-21Sebring, Florida

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Helping to create positive solutions for veterans

A group of nine combat veterans including Kathy Lee, VFW As-sistant Department Service Officer, have re-initiated a Veterans Focus Liaison Committee to assist in addressing veteran’s issues and aid in problem solving. Their mission is to attain goals and benefits accept-able to both the VA Medical Center staff and patients through an atmosphere of trust and understanding.

The committees’ goal is to take an active role in the resolution of conflicts, in a manner acceptable to all concerned. Working closely with the staff at the VA, the committee appreciates the cooperation they have received from them through a spirit of team work, understanding and compromise.

The initial objectives for the committee include:•Adequate space for P.C.T. programs•More staff; clinicians, psychiatric physicians, social workers, nurses,

psychologists, etc.•Minority concerns; women veterans and others•Travel pay disparity; fair and equal compensation•To create a comfort zone for returning veterans•Better communication between veterans and V.A.M.C. staff•To resolve any and all conflicts between veterans and the staff at

V.A.M.C.The committee welcomes feedback from veterans by sending the

adjacent form by mail to: Veterans Focus Liason Committee3027 WalnutKansas City, MO 64108or call 816-561-8387

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“We will always remember.We will always be proud.

We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.” – Ronald Reagan

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THOMASDAVID NEILL

U.S. ARMY

Linda Neill

MICHAELZIMMERMAN

U.S. MARINECORPS

Sherry & family

RICHARDELLINGSWORTH

U.S. NAVY

Cindy Hood andThe Ellingsworth Family

JAMES A.POPPLEWELL

U.S. ARMYAVIATION

Ernie, Robin & family

RAYMONDCLARK

WILLIAMS

U.S. ARMY

Sarah, Bob, John & The Sickles

JAMESHUMPHREY

U.S. NAVYSEABEE

Your family

WILLIS E.HUMPHREY

U.S. NAVY

Your family

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SSGT

U.S. AIR FORCE

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JAMESMCCLARY

U.S. ARMY

Terri, Shane, Lori,Mom and Dad

JERRY HHOY

U.S. ARMYRANGER

Beverly & Mumzie

JIMMAUTINO

U.S. ARMY1966-1968

Donetta

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U.S. MARINECORP

Laurie Parlier

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U.S. ARMY

Your entire family

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U.S. ARMY

Michael & Deanna Owens

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U.S. MARINECORPS

Marcy, Kendra and MiaBella

ROLAND E.NORRIS

U.S. ARMY

Patti, Wallace, Jessica,Ethan and Sophia

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Cindy, Kathy, Doug Jr., & Dan, Adam, Heather

& family friends

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ANTHONY

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“Should I become President... I will not risk American lives... by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise mili-tarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies” -John F. Kennedy, speech, New York Times, October 13, 1960.

“Now we have a problem in making our power cred-ible, and Vietnam is the place.”--John F. Kennedy, 1961

“This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.”--Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964

“We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonish-ment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.”--Ronald Reagan, 1964

“We should declare war on North Vietnam. . . .We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.”--Ronald Reagan, 1965

“I see light at the end of the tunnel.”--Walt W. Rostow, National Security Adviser, Dec. 1967

“The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest mani-festation of what I’d call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America’s whole culture--aware only of its own history, insensible to everything which isn’t part of the local atmosphere.”--Stephen Vizinczey, 1968

“Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.”--Richard M. Nixon, 1969

“I’m not going to be the first American president to lose a war.”--Richard Nixon, Oct. 1969

“Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America — not on the battlefields of Vietnam.”--Marshall McLuhan, 1975

“Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America’s leadership in the world.”--Gerald Ford, April 1975

“Vietnam was what we had instead of happy child-hoods.”--Michael Herr, 1977

“Above all, Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America.”--Myra MacPherson, 1984

“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”--Richard M. Nixon, 1985

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l WHERE TO EaT, SLEEP, SHOP aND PLay IN BLuE SPRINGSRestaurantsE3 Applebee’s 1100 N 7 Hwy 816-228-4338E4 Arby’s 730 SW 7 Hwy 816-224-3537E5 The Asian Tiger 1605 SW 7 Hwy 816-228-8009E2 Backyard Burgers 1900 N 7 Hwy 816-220-2808E4 Betty’s Family Dining 1428 W 40 Hwy 816-229-2260E3 The Big Biscuit 530 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-3108E3 Bob Evans Restaurant 1117 NW 7 Hwy 816-220-0448E3 Bua Thai 734 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-3292F3 Burger King 1001 NE Coronado Dr. 816-220-9050F3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 1115 NE Coronado Dr. 816-229-2690E4 China Town Cafe 456 W 40 Hwy 816-228-2688E3 Clancy’s Cafe & Pub 800 S Outer Rd. 816-229-2233E4 Culver’s 1301 SW 7 Hwy 816-220-8700E2 Custard’s Last Stand 1950 N 7 Hwy 816-220-1957E4 Dairy Queen 1900 SW 7 Hwy 816-228-8182E3 Denny’s 1105 NW 7 Hwy 816-224-5100E3 Domino’s Pizza 736 NW 7 Hwy 816-228-2700E2 Dos Amigos Mexican 1214 NW 7 Hwy 816-220-9500E3 Einstein Bros. 210 N 7 Hwy 816-224-9797E4 Fazoli’s Restaurant 810 W 40 Hwy 816-220-1680E4 54th Street Grill and Bar 1307 SW 7 Hwy 816-229-4402E5 Golden Corral 1203 SW 7 Hwy 816-228-2084

E3 Jimmy John’s 706 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-3500C3 Kentucky Fried Chicken 1236 NW Woods Chapel 816-229-1105E3 Lamar Donuts 722 N 7 Hwy 816-220-8900 E4 Legend of Asia 1853 S 7 Hwy 816-220-9833E3 Long John Silver’s 806 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-1921E3 McDonald’s 814 N 7 Hwy 816-229-5554C3 McDonald’s 1515 NW Woods Chapel 816-224-0070E5 McDonald’s 3116 SW 7 Hwy 816-220-2999E4 McDonald’s 920 W 40 Hwy 816-228-5526E3 Memories Tea & Cafe 1105A Main St. 816-229-3311E2 Minsky’s Pizza 2201 N 7 Hwy 816-224-1001E3 Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pasta 1330 N 7 Hwy 816-229-1100E5 Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pasta 1618 S 7 Hwy 816-224-5225F3 Olive Garden 801 NE Coronado Dr. 816-224-3093F3 Panda Express 535 NE Coronado Dr. 816-228-3633F3 Panera Bread 605 NE Coronado Dr. 816-220-3034E4 Papa John’s Pizza 1404 W 40 Hwy 816-229-7272E5 Papa Murphy’s Pizza 2416 S 7 Hwy 816-220-7900C3 Pizza Hut 1912 N Woods Chapel Rd. 816-228-1840E3 Pizza Hut 600 NW Mock Ave. 816-224-2174E3 Pizza Shoppe 1402 NW 7 Hwy 816-220-8848E2 Pizza Street 2003 N 7 Hwy 816-224-4601

F3 Planet Sub 495 NE Coronado Dr. 816-224-8111E3 Rancho Grande Cantina 501 NW Jefferson St. 816-228-5550E2 Real Jalisco Fine Mexican 1414 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-8200E5 Sidepockets 1237 SW 7 Hwy 816-224-5454E2 Sonic Drive-In 2323 NW 7 Hwy 816-224-2212F3 Sonic Drive-In 515 Coronado Dr. 816-228-0744E4 Sonic Drive-In 1048 SW 7 Hwy 816-228-6544C3 Subway 1240 NE Woods Chapel 816-228-2255E3 Subway 702 NW 7 Hwy 816-228-7007E5 Subway 2910 SW 7 Hwy 816-220-8885F3 Subway 525 NE Coronado Dr. 816-228-4488E4 Taco Bell 934 SW 7 Hwy 816-229-8663F3 Taco Bell 525 NE Coronado Dr. 816-220-1521C3 Taco John’s 8110 NW Woods Chapel 816-229-7531F3 Texas Roadhouse 455 NE Coronado Dr. 816-220-7427E3 Trouser Mouse Bar & Grill 625 NW Mock Ave. 816-220-1222E5 Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburger’s 3111 SW 7 Hwy 816-224-4082F3 Wingstop 481 NE Coronado Dr. 816-224-9464E3 Winstead’s 905 NW 7 Hwy 816-228-6644E3 Zarda Bar-B-Q 214 NW 7 Hwy 816-229-9999

Parks1 Baumgardner Park 2401 NW Ashton Dr.2 Pink Hill Park 2715 NW Park Dr.

3 Rotary Park 600 NW Vesper4 James Walker School Park 214 SE Walnut St.5 Wilber Young Park 1200 SE Taylor Rd.6 Keystone Park 2214 SE Keystone Rd.7 Franklin Smith SchL Park 1609 SW Clark Rd.8 Blue Springs Park 2204 SW South Ave.9 Ward Park 1000 SW 22nd St.10 Woods Chapel Park 401 NW 39th St.11 Burrus Old Mill Park 112 NW Woods Chapel12 Hidden Valley Sports Complex 6500 NW Valley View Rd.13 Burr Oak Woods Nature Center 1401 Park Rd.14 Fleming Park/ Lake Jacomo15 Centennial Pool-Plex 2401 Ashton Dr.16 Vesper Hall Community Center 400 NW Vesper17 St. Mary’s Hospital Exercise Trail 201 W R.D. Mize Rd.18 Gregory O. Grounds Park 2100 NEW Duncan Rd.

Medical CentersE3 St. Mary’s Medical Center 201 NW R.D. Mize Rd. 816-228-5900B1 Centerpointe Medical Center 19600 E 39th St 816-698-7000E2 Walgreens Walkin Clinic 1701 SW 7 Hwy 816-220-3620F4 CVS Walkin Clinic 1616 NW 7 Hwy 816-228-6848

LodgingC2 America’s Inn I-70 & NW Woods Chapel 816-228-1080 F3 Courtyard by Marriott 1500 NE Coronado Dr. 816-228-8100 E3 Hampton Inn 900 NW S Outer Rd. 816-220-3844C2 Interstate Inn I-70 & NW Woods Chapel 816-229-6311E3 Knights Inn 1110 NW 7 Hwy 816-224-4466

E3 LaQuinta 3402 NW Jefferson 816-988-9980E3 Motel 6 901 NW Jefferson 816-228-9133E3 Ramada Limited I-70 & 7 Hwy 816-229-6363E3 Sleep Inn 451 NW Jefferson 816-224-1199

FloristsE3 Blandford Shontrice 217 NW Zaun Ave. 816-228-1155E4 Blue Springs Fresh Flower Florist 110 SW Missouri 7 816-220-7981E4 Flowerama 725 SW 7 Hwy 816-220-7673D3 Flower Shop: International 1112 Main St. 913-422-5589E3 Roses & Such 1201B W Main St. 816-224-0124E3 Village Gardens 650 NW Mock Ave. 816-228-9500E4 Vintage Daisy 1412 US 40 Hwy 816-847-1001E4 Vivians Flowers & More 103 SW 7 Hwy 816-224-4480

Grocery StoresE4 HyVee Food & Drug Store 601 W 40 Hwy 816-224-4288E2 Price Chopper North 1305 N 7 Hwy 816-224-6777E4 Price Chopper South 1100 S 7 Hwy 816-229-7011

Laundry & Dry Cleaning ServicesE4 Forty & Seven Laundry & Dry Cleaning 715 SW 40 Hwy 816-228-7952E3 Foster’s Cleaners 709 NW Vesper 816-228-1977E2 Ross Miller Dry Cleaning 1208 N 7 Hwy 816-229-6656

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