Vietnam+Memorial

= Vietnam War Memorial Veterans = Made by Jalil Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest wars that have taken place on planet earth. In this war some countries took place in the war. U.S. supported the Anti-Communists that were the ones on South Vietnam, against the Communists that were the ones on North Vietnam. It was a total of 19 years and 180 days of war, leaving 58,220 deaths from the people of the U.S. The Anti-Communists lost against the Communists, leaving 315,384 deaths on the Anti-Communists and 1,177,462 deaths from the Communists. The Communists won the war, so Vietnam is a communist country. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a memorial that is dedicated for approximately 8.8 million people who were members of the U.S. Armed Forces and served in the Vietnam War. The memorial mostly honors the soldiers who died in action on the Vietnam War. The Memorial has some statues and a huge large wall that has a list of the names of the people who died at the war. There are approximately 58,175 names written on the wall. There is a Statue called The Three Soldiers, which is a statue with three men, a White American, a Black American, and a Hispanic American, which is another memorial for the soldiers who fought and the ones who died at the war. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a pretty big site; the site is 8,100 meters square. The wall is 75 meters long, 3 meters tall at its tallest point, and 20 centimeters of thickness. The wall has approximately 58,175 names written on it. On March 16, 1982 the memorial started to be constructed, it was finally completed on November 11, 1984 with the statues, wall and the flag combined. The memorial was planned by Jan Scruggs; he was inspired after seeing the movie of “The Deer Hunter”. After seeing this movie he said to himself that he was going to do a memorial that honors all of the people from the Vietnam War. The Memorial was built northeast of the Lincoln’s Memorial. At 2007 the memorial became one of the top ten constructions of the United States. Jan Scruggs got the idea of making a memorial that will honor all of the U.S. Armed Forces people who died at the war. He raised 8.4 millions of dollars raised by private donations, no federal donations were given. In 1981 there was a jury between 8 architects, Maya Ling Lin. She added the statue of The Three Soldiers to the memorial. The Senate approved a flag pole in 1982. What calls my attention of this memorial is the 75 meters long wall with 58,175 names written on the wall. I found particularly interesting that in The Three Soldiers statue there is a White, Black, and Hispanic American persons. I learned that the wall is like a time line, the names are written in order of who they died. I knew that it was a long wall, but I didn’t thought it was 75 metes long, I also knew it had approximately 58 thousand names. I liked a lot its unique structure of the 75 meters long wall. I liked that soldiers from the Vietnam War are remembered and not forgotten. Bibliography
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