
Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Brandon Lutzow of Waldorf, Md., left, helps scrub the Vietnam Memorial along with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter as they clean the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Retired Coast Guard Corpsman Quezryth Chunn of Ft. Washington, Md., hoses soap off the Vietnam Memorial as members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter clean the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Soap flows down through the names on the Vietnam Memorial as members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter wash the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Brandon Lutzow, right, of Waldorf, Md., makes his way to the Vietnam Memorial with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the memorial wall, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Jason Shekleton, 10, center, helps unload scrub brushes as the Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)