Dr. J: My brother who survived the Vietnam War as a field medic (later a CPA) saw the (Vietnam) wall before he died of probable agent orange contamination and cancer. One of our family’s friend is on that wall. Everyone should go to D.C. to see all the celebration of life, memories, and future in that city. You return a different species.
DFO: I saw a replica of the wall a coupla summers ago at the Coeur d’Alene Bingo Casino near Worley. The setting obviously wasn’t as melancholy as a parking lot alongside busy Highway 95. But it still had quite an impact. I found the names of two high school classmates: Larry Patterson and Danny Prock. Larry and I formed the double play combination for our high school baseball team. He was killed by a land mine while driving a truck. Danny was killed by a sniper with a week to go in his stint. My wife found the name of her cousin Wayne. Seeing the wall authenticated their deaths. Indeed, it was moving.
Question: Have you seen the Vietnam Wall?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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