A pair of combat boots lat the the foot of one of the wall panels of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
People point to names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Susan D. Wiseman, of Fayetteville, Ga. who is the National Coordinator of BuglesAcrossAmerica and is known as "The Tribute Lady", looks at a photo of her cousin US Army Specialist Fourth Class Guy Mears, 20, who was killed in action while trying to rescue men in a downed helicopter he was on as a crew member in Vietnam on Oct. 17. 1970, while attending an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Susan D. Wiseman, of Fayetteville, Ga., looks at a photo of her cousin US Army Specialist Fourth Class Guy Mears, 20, who was killed in action while trying to rescue men in a downed helicopter he was on as a crew member in Vietnam on Oct. 17. 1970, while attending an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
"The whole point of the education center [at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall] is this is a place to educate young people, visitors to Washington, on the principles of duty, courage and honor," foundation leader Jan Scruggs says. (VVME AND RALPH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATES)
"The whole point of the education center [at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall] is this is a place to educate young people, visitors to Washington, on the principles of duty, courage and honor," foundation leader Jan Scruggs says. (VVME AND RALPH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATES)
Deborah Shekleton of Waldorf, Md., 17, Marine Cpl. Joe Coaxum, and Debora's father Jim read some of the names on the wall while waiting for another member of the Rolling Thunder Maryland Chapter to hose soap off the Vietnam Memorial while cleaning the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial touches the name of a fallen soldier etched on the wall of the memorial in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial touches the name of a fallen soldier etched on the wall of the memorial in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
