It has been proclaimed in the State of Indiana, the City of Indianapolis, and the City of Greenfield that August 4-10 will be Agent Orange Awareness Week. Thank you to David Hine, VVMF Board Member and Vietnam Era Veteran, for seeing these proclamations through.
VVMF Statistics - July 4th - Independence Day
167 Vietnam War Heroes made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam on July 4th.
142 Heroes who have their name on The Wall were born on this day.
17 In Memory Honorees died on this day.
19 In Memory Honorees were born on July 4th.
Thanks to the incredible volunteers from Mid America Carpenters Council, American Legion Post 679, American Legion Riders Post 57 & Dundee VFW Post 2298 who setup The Wall That Heals for Memorial Day Weekend in West Dundee, IL.
TWTH is open around the clock until Monday at 2pm.
For Shinola and government/economics credit, tweet or text a picture of the name on the wall and a couple sentences describing something about the individual by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. thewall-usa.com
Each person should choose one person from the 50,000 plus names on the wall and get a picture of the name on the Wall. You may pick a name in advance or after you visit the Memorial. You can search for someone at the below website by name, birthdate, casualty date, hometown, etc
The Delegation discussed + celebrated Lao actions to expand operational capacity, especially investigations and recoveries. The League thanked the Lao people + government for actions that resulted in accounting for over half of the original total of US personnel missing in Laos!