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WW II Memorial...Catch it if you can passing through DC.
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jjryan07
Iron Eagle
Sorry for the late response to this thread. I don't look at the miscellaneous forum much. This memorial is my favorite in DC. Nothing against any of the others, they are all very inspiring and humbling to spend time at, but there is just so much detail in this memorial, maybe because it is so massive. Great quotes all over the memorial and I really love the metal scenes like in the 2nd picture. I think there are 8-16 of them at the memorial. Finally if you think the memorial is great during the day, it is even better at night with things lit up, especially the "Price of Freedom" pool.
Visiting in the summer during the day you can count on many busloads of vets from Korea, Vietnam, and a few from WW2 still. It is even more humbling being at the memorial in their presence. Great pictures.
Visiting in the summer during the day you can count on many busloads of vets from Korea, Vietnam, and a few from WW2 still. It is even more humbling being at the memorial in their presence. Great pictures.
I would love to have seen the WWII Memorial, but of course it didn't exist when I went back from Phoenix to DC to visit the Vietnam wall in 1988. I had to go back at least once, to pay my respects to our ~60,000 Warriors who made the ultimate sacrifice... on the ground, in the air, and on the rivers of Vietnam.
RIP
I also found the names, got to salute, and make wall tracings of my two VA-146 brothers KIA over NVN; our CO CDR H. B. "Hubie"Loheed ('66), and LT Charlie Lee ('67). It was a sad but very moving experience. One I had to make, but would not care to go through again. I felt good for a bit when I placed a Sqdn patch under each name.
I also remember returning back into Phoenix on this trip, on the approach to Sky Harbor Int'l, very low nearly over ASU Sun Devil stadium, looking down at the Cardinal/49er game on 11/06/88 (Cards first season in Arizona).
BzB
RIPI also found the names, got to salute, and make wall tracings of my two VA-146 brothers KIA over NVN; our CO CDR H. B. "Hubie"Loheed ('66), and LT Charlie Lee ('67). It was a sad but very moving experience. One I had to make, but would not care to go through again. I felt good for a bit when I placed a Sqdn patch under each name.
I also remember returning back into Phoenix on this trip, on the approach to Sky Harbor Int'l, very low nearly over ASU Sun Devil stadium, looking down at the Cardinal/49er game on 11/06/88 (Cards first season in Arizona).
BzB
