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Anderson remembers his brother by placing an
American flag accompanied by a photograph of his brother in uniform, positioned in front of the wall beneath his name.
“Rest peacefully my brother,” Anderson wrote on the photo. “See you soon enough!”
Other people came to take photographs of names. Some copied the engraving with a sheet of paper and a pencil, others sat in silence and
still others found solace in sharing bits and pieces about their loved ones, who live on in memory alone.
Twice a day, volunteers held a pinning ceremo- ny and formally recognized any Vietnam veterans who attended, thanking them for their service.
“To see the effect on the visitors and to see the effect particularly on the veterans is just the most rewarding thing ever. It has been the most rewarding thing I have done,” said Nemeth.
Marine Corps photographs by Sgt. Lillian Stephens
A Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall volunteer embraces a Vietnam veteran during a pinning ceremony at the 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show on MCAS Miramar, Calif., Sept. 22. “The 2017 MCAS Miramar Air Show gives the public and current service members an opportunity to say thank you to the veterans of the Vietnam War,” said Col. Jason Woodworth, commanding officer of MCAS Miramar. “Our goal is to remind the veterans that the country cares about them and truly values the sacrifice they made for the American people, regardless of how they were treated when they initially returned from Vietnam.”
A picture of Sgt. Richard Carter, a soldier who died during the Vietnam War, rests in front of the Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall, also known as the AV Wall, during the 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, Calif., Sept. 22. Carter’s brother, Augie Anderson, is an AV Wall volunteer and placed the flag and photograph as a way to remember Carter, who died Nov. 19, 1967. Anderson wrote “Rest peacefully my brother, see you soon enough!”
With the air show’s close, the memorial wall will return to its home in Lancaster, California. However, each name on the wall is available through an online database at www.vvmf.org, which shares information about the service men and women whose names exist on the memorial wall – enabling people to find their loved ones, view photographs, rank and branch of service, lo-
cation on the memorial, place of death and more. “The nice thing now is that it’s our oppor- tunity to honor those heroes,” said Maj. Gen. Mark Wise, commanding general of 3rd MAW. “We’ve got a very supportive community, and I can’t think of a better opportunity to bring ev- eryone together to say thank you to our Vietnam
guys.”
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