Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Vet|e|rans Me|mo|ri|al
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
the Vietnam Memorial
two long walls made of polished black stone which are arranged in a V-shape on the ↑Mall (=park area) in Washington, D.C. The walls have more than 58,000 names carved on them, which is to remind people of all the US soldiers who died in the Vietnam War or never returned from Vietnam.

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