Vietnam memorial

It's taken a second or two, but I'm finally getting the opportunity to write about these wonderful veterans that I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with March 31. The best way to describe my family's visit to the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Ceremony is by having you read the article I wrote for the Fort Bragg newspaper, the Paraglide. When speaking with some of these Vets, I couldn't believe some of their stories. When they came home, they weren't…

One thing that I love about DC is that everything is so close to each other. It's awesome how something like the monument can be seen from so many different prespectives like here and here. This

The Three Soldiers statue stands near the Vietnam Veterens Memorial. The sculpture was designed by Frederick Hart, who stated, "I see the wall as a kind of ocean, a sea of sacrifice that is overwhelming and nearly incomprehensible in the sweep of names. I place these figures upon the shore of that sea, gazing upon it, standing vigil before it, reflecting the human face of it, the human heart."

Test shots from this amazing Vietnam memorial in Canby Oregon, it’s big so I have to nit multiple shoots together to get it all in. Shadows from the flag polls show the time of day is around 5:15pm. Also the helicopter has a giant steel beam holding it up, along with a very out of place Burgerville right next to it so will need a lot of CS5 work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_On6fRDiJM www.vietnameramemorial.org/?page_id=2

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedication - Gallery | Naples Daily News

The Three Soldiers statue, designed by Frederick Hart, was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in a grove of trees near the west entrance to The Wall on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, set in the 42-acre Constitution Gardens, is a national war memorial honoring the members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still unaccounted for, consisting of three separate parts: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the…

Vietnam Memorial Wall. Photo credit to Angela Pan of Fairfax, VA, who took this picture at sunrise.

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The Memorial is one of the most visited attractions in Washington, DC. It pays tribute to the 58,286 American’s killed or missing in the war.