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- From: rfs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (richard.f.j.soyack)
- Subject: Re: Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Kicks Off Countdown to Dedication in 1993
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:05:11 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.170511.9791@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
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- >no momument per se for American men who served in the war and survived.
- >If I read this article correctly, this monument is for American women
- >who served, and mentions nothing about death in the line of duty.
- >
- > It seems that if a monument is to be erected to Vietnam veterens who
- >served in the war (but did not die) that it should extend to both genders.
- >Otherwise it's a sexist and exclusionary monument.
- >
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- Whenever I go to Washington, D. C. I go to the wall. If my
- son is with me he knows its a time for quiet reflection and
- prayer. I find the wall very moving, I'm sorry for the loss
- of your three friends. I am lucky enough to have no personal
- friends or acquaintances represented there.
-
- I was always under the impression that the statue representing
- the soldiers in the field was a tribute to those who served in
- Vietnam.
-
- Rich Soyack
-