Vietnam Veterans' Travel Bug Dog Tag
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I’m On A Mission ... This soldier would like to visit the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial ( VVM or the Wall) at Constitution Gardens near the Lincoln Memorial. Can you give him a lift?
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was founded by Jan Scruggs, who served in Vietnam (in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade) from 1969-1970 as a infantry corporal. He wanted the memorial to acknowledge and recognize the service and sacrifice of all who served in Vietnam. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF), a nonprofit charitable organization, was incorporated on April 27, 1979, by a group of Vietnam veterans (John Wheeler, Chairman of the Board for VVMF, served in Vietnam as a captain at U.S. Army headquarters from 1969-1970; Robert Doubek, VVMF project director, then executive director, served in Vietnam from 1968-1969 as an Air Force intelligence officer) in Washington, D.C. Jan Scruggs (President of VVMF) lobbied Congress for a two acre plot of land in the Constitution Gardens. Significant initial support came from U.S. Senators Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (on November 8, 1979, Senator Mathias introduced legislation to authorize a site of national parkland for the Memorial) of Maryland and John W. Warner (Senator Warner launched the first significant financial contributions to the national fund raising campaign) of Virginia. On July 1, 1980, in the Rose Garden, President Jimmy Carter signed the legislation (P.L. 96-297) to provide a site in Constitution Gardens near the Lincoln Memorial. It was a three and half year task to build the memorial and to orchestrate a celebration to salute those who served in Vietnam.
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"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.
And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978
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As a token of our gratitude to the men and women that sacrifice so much and stand in the gap to protect us, would you please leave a word of encouragement, to them, their friends, family or loved ones. If you have a loved one you would like to honor, please feel free to do so here. If you are in the Service yourself, please feel free to leave your comment and accept our sincere wishes and prayers for your safety, health, happiness, blessings and eternal gratefulness to you and yours.
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MightyDee retrieved it from Trackables WayStation Cache
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California
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Thanks for adding to our fun weekend!
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losel2 discovered it
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Discovered this travel bug in my "Trackables WayStation Cache." Proud to have been able to log this TB. I have visited "The Wall" and a couple of the traveling ones. I was in the Marines during the conflict and was discharged in 1967, so I can appreciate this TB. Thanks for sharing.
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Imaloserdude placed it in Trackables WayStation Cache
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California
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Imaloserdude retrieved it from If You Dare...
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Texas
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I'll take this to CA, yes, the wrong direction geographically, but I'll place it near an airport TB cache that is sure to elicit travelers. As an American by birth, I appreciate the efforts of our young soldiers as they place their life on the line for us, our ideals, and the hope of liberty & freedom, hope & happiness, across the world.
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harsensis placed it in If You Dare...
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Texas
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This one was just itching to head out on the road before I left to Michigan, so we let him loose.
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harsensis retrieved it from God Bless America
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Not sure where I will drop this one, I know we are going to Michigan, but we will just have to play it by ear.
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Team Troglodyte discovered it
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If I had spotted this guy a few weeks earlier, I could have placed him within about 50 miles of his destination. No more trips that way in the near future, so I left him for a cacher more likely to be going in the correct direction.
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MuddyWaterGirl placed it in God Bless America
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Texas
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