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The Wall: A Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Contains vivid photographs taken on a single day in anticipation of the monument's tenth anniversary, documenting the visitors, the pain, the joy, and the memories that embody the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Simultaneous.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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1,174 books70 followersLife was an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 until 2000. During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging weekly general interest magazine known for the quality of its photography.
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April 6, 2022
This book is like nothing I've ever read before. It records one day, August 4, 1992, starting at 5:30 AM, and ending 4:00 A.M. August 5, 1992. It is recorded in minutes. It shares what visitors say, and how they act when they visit the Memorial. It is haunting. It is thoughtful. It is real.
The Vietnam war was the longest war in history. The Memorial has 58,183 names etched in it, each a half inch high. It runs to 1975 (when the war ended) where the last casualty is listed; Richard Vande Geer. The first name listed is Robert Sanchez in l965.
"I think it's the best modern monument in the world. A modern monument, never done before. There are other ways of expressing the idea, but aside from the Soviet monument for WWII, there are none in France,Spain, Germany that people enjoy as this. It's not Greek, not classical, it's American. It uses light, it uses modern technology, and there ia a point to touching it.".
There aren't many photographs, but there is so much to understand about our Vets in this book.
Everyone should read it.
The Vietnam war was the longest war in history. The Memorial has 58,183 names etched in it, each a half inch high. It runs to 1975 (when the war ended) where the last casualty is listed; Richard Vande Geer. The first name listed is Robert Sanchez in l965.
"I think it's the best modern monument in the world. A modern monument, never done before. There are other ways of expressing the idea, but aside from the Soviet monument for WWII, there are none in France,Spain, Germany that people enjoy as this. It's not Greek, not classical, it's American. It uses light, it uses modern technology, and there ia a point to touching it.".
There aren't many photographs, but there is so much to understand about our Vets in this book.
Everyone should read it.
June 28, 2007
I got this when we saw Maya Lin speak at the Pittsburgh Lecture Series. She even signed it for me.
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